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Definition of Hither
1. Adverb. To this place (especially toward the speaker). "Come here, please"
Definition of Hither
1. adv. To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.
2. a. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.
Definition of Hither
1. Adverb. (context: literary or archaic) To this place, to here. ¹
2. Adverb. here to ¹
3. Adverb. over here ¹
4. Adjective. (archaic) On this side; the nearer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hither
1. toward this place [adv]
Medical Definition of Hither
1. 1. To this place; used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither. 2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; in a sense not physical. "Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man." (Hooker) Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Origin: OE. Hider, AS. Hider; akin to Icel. Hra, Dan. Hid, Sw. Hit, Goth. Hidr; cf. L. Citra on this side, or E. Here, he. 183. Cf. He. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hither
Literary usage of Hither
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham (1855)
"This may be seen in the following table, illustrative of the forms here, hither,
hence, and taken from the Deutsche Gram- matik, iii. 199 :— Maso- Gothic . ..."
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