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adverb

Hither adv.

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."

adjective

Hither adj.

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.

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."

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"Hither" Quotes from Famous Books

... to the Tsar and pay thy visit, and I will come after thee. The moment you hear a rumbling, and a knocking, say: 'Hither comes my dear little Froggy in ...

— The Book of Stories for the Storyteller • Fanny E. Coe

... his empire and erect a worldwide kingdom. Earth was unconscious of this birth, but heaven knew it. There was holy ecstacy in all the shining ranks above, and "angels seem, as birds new-come in spring, to have flown hither and thither, in songful mood, dipping their white wings into our atmosphere, just touching the earth or glancing along its surface, as sea birds skim the surface of ...

— A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas • James H. Snowden

... his attendants he cried, "Bring hither the camp furniture." Hereupon the circle of spectators parted in two, and the pages led up, first, Vidante's horse, upon which he sprung; then others followed, bearing rich garments and his father's signet, and laid them down before him, saying, "Kinsman, ...

— Sidonia The Sorceress V1 • William Mienhold

... my drawings of the spire of our new church, and I want your fertile imagination to devise some plan whereby we may overcome it. But of that I shall speak presently. I see from your looks that more important matters have brought you hither. Nothing wrong at the cottage, ...

— Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader • R.M. Ballantyne

... left, or westward, we again reach the river at the town of Hampton. It is possessed of pretty water-views, but of little else of note except the memory and the house of Garrick. Hither the great actor, after positively his last night on the stage, retired, and settled the long contest for his favor between the Muses of Tragedy and Comedy by inexorably turning his back on both. He did not cease to be the delight of polished society, ...

— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, - No. 97, January, 1876 • Various

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