Neighbor | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Neigh'bor, n.

noun

(nā'bur), n. [A-S. neāhbūr, neābūr, neāhgebūr, nēhgebūr, nēhebūr, from neāh, nēh, nigh, and A-S. gebūr, a dweller, farmer, boor; D. nabuur, N. H. Ger. nachbar, M. H. Ger. náchgebūr, náchgebūrv, O. H. Ger. nāhkapūr, nāhlipūr, nāhkipūro, Dan. & Sw. nabo, Icel. nabui. See NIGH and BOOR.] [Written also neighbour.] 1. A person who lives near one; one whose abode is not far off.

Sense 2. An intimate; a confidant. [Rare.]

Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsels. Shak.

Sense 3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race.

The gospel allows no such term as “stranger;” makes every man my neighbor. South.

Neigh'bor, a.

adjective

(nā'bur), a. Near to another; adjoining; next.

Neigh'bor, v. t.

verbtransitive

(nā'bur), v. t. [imp. & p. p. NEIGHBORED; p. pr. & vb. n. NEIGHBORING.] 1. To adjoin; to confine on; to be near to. These grow on the hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys. 2. To acquaint with; to make near to, or make familiar. [Obs.] Shak.

Neigh'bor, v. i.

verbintransitive

(nā/bur), v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood. [Rare.]