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hither
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of
fewer years than.
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And on the hither side, or so she looked,
Of twenty summers. --Tennyson.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
