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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Hither

Hith'er, adv.

adverb

[A-S. hither, hider, hyder, Goth. hidre, Icel. hedhar, hedhra, Dan. hid, herhid, Sw. hit.]

Sense 1. To this place;—used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come, proceed, or bring hither.

Sense 2. To this point, topic, end, conclusion, result, design, or the like;—in a sense not physical. [Obs. and rare.]

Hither we refer whatever belongs to the highest perfection of man. Hooker.

Hith'er, a.

adjective

a. Being on the side or direction toward the person speaking; nearer;—correlate of farther; as, on the hither side of a hill; the hither end of the building.