Hither

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.

II. Hither ·adv To this point, source, conclusion, design, ·etc.;

— in a sense not physical.

III. Hither ·adj Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer;

— correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.

IV. Hither ·adv 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.

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