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Definition of Hither and thither

Hither and thither
Thither Thith"er, adv. [OE. thider, AS. [eth]ider; akin to E. that; cf. Icel. [thorn]a[eth]ra there, Goth. [thorn]a[thorn]r[=o] thence. See That, and The.] 1. To that place; -- opposed to hither. This city is near; . . . O, let me escape thither. --Gen. xix. 20. Where I am, thither ye can not come. --John vii. 34. 2. To that point, end, or result; as, the argument tended thither. Hither and thither, to this place and to that; one way and another. Syn: There. Usage: Thither, There. Thither properly denotes motion toward a place; there denotes rest in a place; as, I am going thither, and shall meet you there. But thither has now become obsolete, except in poetry, or a style purposely conformed to the past, and there is now used in both senses; as, I shall go there to-morrow; we shall go there together.
Hither and thither
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.

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- English, there is a formal relationship between here, hence, hither; there, thence, thither; and where, whence, whither. Archaic or obsolete. Pro-form Look...
- and **** here and there hide and s**** hill and dale him and her high and low hills and valleys his and hers hither and thither hither and yon hot and...
- Chequer-board of Nights and Days Where Destiny with Men for Pieces plays: Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet...
- falling in heaps, overcome by hunger, and some soldiers marching with their bodies tottering hither and thither... most of them in truth so exhausted...
- Hiwwe wie Driwwe, which means "Hither like thither" (compare German: Hüben wie Drüben), is the title of the only existing Pennsylvania German-language...
- spitless lips as they swished in low circles round and round the field, winding hither and thither through the weeds. — James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist...
- slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp. One is washed about in it, hither and thither, in the most helpless way; and when at...
- animals "rushed among the unarmed citizens themselves and pre**** upon them as they ran hither and thither, so that even to the enemy the sight was a pitiful...
- abroad concerning him. He was haughty in his walk, rolling his eyes hither and thither, so that the power of his proud spirit appeared in the movement of...
- the midst of ignorance, thinking themselves wise and learned, fools go aimlessly hither and thither, like blind led by the blind. — Katha Upanishad A...