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Definition of HITHER

Hither
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.] 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. --Hooker. Hither and thither, to and fro; backward and forward; in various directions. ``Victory is like a traveller, and goeth hither and thither.' --Knolles.
Hither
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. --Tennyson. 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.

Meaning of HITHER from wikipedia

- adverbs; in English, there is a formal relationship between here, hence, hither; there, thence, thither; and where, whence, whither. Archaic or obsolete...
- Hither Green is a district in south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Lewisham. It forms the southern part of Lewisham, 6.6 miles (10.6 km)...
- West Asia (also called Western Asia or Southwest Asia) is the westernmost region of Asia. As defined by most academics, UN bodies and other institutions...
- trade posts like Reric, Ralswiek and Menzlin. In the early 12th century, Hither Pomerania p****ed under Polish suzerainty under Bolesław III Wrymouth, who...
- Come Hither is an album by saxophonist Sonny S**** recorded in 1969 and released on the Solid State label. Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. "Mendocino"...
- may refer either to combined Hither and ****her Pomerania only (in German contemporary and historical usage) or to Hither and ****her Pomerania combined...
- Hispania Citerior (English: "Hither Iberia", or "Nearer Iberia") was a Roman province in Hispania during the Roman Republic. It was on the eastern coast...
- Hastings to London Charing Cross derailed near the Hither Green maintenance depot in London, between Hither Green and Grove Park railway stations. Of the twelve...
- Hither Green is a railway station located in Hither Green in the London Borough of Lewisham, south-east London. It is 7 miles 16 chains (11.6 km) down...
- letters and means "the hill of the flute playing by Tamatea – who was blown hither from afar, had a slit ****, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on...