hither
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hith·er 
[hith-er] Pronunciation Key
[hith-er] Pronunciation Key –adverb
–adjective
—Idioms
| 1. | to or toward this place: to come hither. |
| 2. | being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow. |
| 3. | hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there: They scurried hither and thither to escape the rain. |
| 4. | hither and yon, from here to over there, esp. to a farther place; in or to a great many places: He looked hither and yon for the coin. She went hither and yon in search of an answer. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE hider; c. ON hethra, L citer on this side]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| hith·er
(hĭth'ər) Pronunciation Key
adv. To or toward this place: Come hither. adj. Located on the near side. [Middle English, from Old English hider; see ko- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hither
hither
O.E. hider, from P.Gmc. *khideran (cf. O.N. heðra "here," Goth. hidre "hither"), from Gmc. demonstrative base *hi- (cf. he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father (q.v.). Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| hither | |
adverb | |
| to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please" [syn: here] [ant: there] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Hither
Hith"er\, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. h[=e][eth]ra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidr[=e]; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. [root]183. Cf. He.]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." --Knolles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Hith"er\, a. 1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. --Milton. 2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. --Tennyson. To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. --Huxley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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