'Hither' definitions:
Definition of 'hither'
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Definition of 'Hither'
From: GCIDE
- Hither \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. [1913 Webster]
- And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hither'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical. [1913 Webster]
- Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hither'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboard,
- among us,
- here,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- hereat,
- hereinto,
- hereto,
- hereunto,
- hitherward,
- hitherwards,
- in this place,
- in this vicinity,
- just here,
- on board,
- on the spot,
- somewhere about,
- to this place,
- with us