Definition of hither Hither
/hɪˈðɚ/ - [hither] - hith•er
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What does hither mean?
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- hither (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. - hither (adv.)
To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical. - hither (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. - hither (a.)
Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.
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hither
The direction towards here.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hither
hith′ėr, adv. to this place.—adj. toward the speaker: nearer.—v.i. to come—chiefly in phrase, 'to hither and thither'=to go to and fro.—adj. Hith′ermost, nearest on this side.—n. and adj. Hith′erside, the nearer side.—advs. Hith′erto, to this place or time: as yet; Hith′erward, towards this place.—Hither and thither, back and forward: to and from. [A.S. hider; Goth. hidrê, Ice. hêðra.]
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