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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.
Thither Thither Thith"er, a.
1. Being on the farther side from the person speaking;
farther; -- a correlative of hither; as, on the thither
side of the water. --W. D. Howells.
2. Applied to time: On the thither side of, older than; of
more years than. See Hither, a. --Huxley.
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.
Thitherto Thitherto Thith"er*to`, adv.
To that point; so far. [Obs.]
Thitherward Thitherward Thith"er*ward, adv.
To ward that place; in that direction.
They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces
thitherward. --Jer. l. 5.
