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समीप mfn. mfn. (prob. fr. सम् + अ॑प् and formed analogously to प्रतीप, द्वीप, अनूप; accord. to some fr. सम् + √ आप् and =, ‘easy to attain’) near (in place or time), contiguous, proximate, adjacent, close by, at hand, approaching, imminent, [Kāv.] ; [VarBṛS.] &c. समीप n. n. nearness, proximity, vicinity, presence, imminence (with gen. or ifc. , अम्, ‘to, towards’; आत्, ‘from’; ए, ‘in the vicinity, near, close at hand, beside, in the presence of, at the time of, before, at, towards’; cf. संधिवेला-स्°), KātyŚr.; [MBh.] ; [Kāv. &c.]
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