hither

[hith·er]

To this place (especially toward the speaker)

...

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.

Adverb
to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please"


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.

adv.
To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.

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.

a.
Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.


Hither

Hith"er , adv. [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.] 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.
Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. "Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither." Knolles.

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. 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.
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.

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.

Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.

...

Usage Examples

There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience.

Misspelled Form

hither, ghither, yhither, uhither, jhither, nhither, gither, yither, uither, jither, nither, hgither, hyither, huither, hjither, hnither, huither, h8ither, h9ither, hoither, hjither, hkither, huther, h8ther, h9ther, hother, hjther, hkther, hiuther, hi8ther, hi9ther, hiother, hijther, hikther, hirther, hi5ther, hi6ther, hiyther, higther, hirher, hi5her, hi6her, hiyher, higher, hitrher, hit5her, hit6her, hityher, hitgher, hitgher, hityher, hituher, hitjher, hitnher, hitger, hityer, hituer, hitjer, hitner, hithger, hithyer, hithuer, hithjer, hithner, hithwer, hith3er, hith4er, hithrer, hithser, hithder, hithwr, hith3r, hith4r, hithrr, hithsr, hithdr, hithewr, hithe3r, hithe4r, hitherr, hithesr, hithedr, hitheer, hithe4r, hithe5r, hithetr, hithefr, hithee, hithe4, hithe5, hithet, hithef, hithere, hither4, hither5, hithert, hitherf.

Other Usage Examples

Comments


Browse Dictionary