hither

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hith·er

 (hĭth′ər)
adv.
To or toward this place: Come hither.
adj.
Located on the near side.
Idiom:
hither and thither/yon
In or to many places; here and there: looked hither and thither for the ring; ran hither and yon.
[Middle English, from Old English hider; see ko- in Indo-European roots.]

hither

(ˈhɪðə)
adv
1. to or towards this place (esp in the phrase come hither). Also (archaic): hitherward or hitherwards
2. hither and thither this way and that, as in a state of confusion
adj
archaic or dialect (of a side or part, esp of a hill or valley) nearer; closer
[Old English hider; related to Old Norse hethra here, Gothic hidrē, Latin citrā on this side, citrō]

hith•er

(ˈhɪð ər)

adv.
1. to or toward this place: to come hither.
adj.
2. being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow.
Idioms:
1. hither and thither, here and there.
2. hither and yon, from here to a place at some distance; in many places.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English hider, c. Old Norse hethra, Gothic hidre, Latin citer]
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.hither - to this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please"
here

hither

adverb (Old-fashioned) here, over here, to this place, close, closer, near, nearer, nigh (archaic) I came hither to tell you the news.
hither and thither this way and that, back and forth, hither and yon Refugees ran hither and thither in search of safety.
Translations
إلى هُنا
sem
herhen
tänne
ide
hingaðhingaî
huc
čionaiį visas pusesiki šiol
šurp
buraya

hither

(archaic) [ˈhɪðəʳ] ADV → acá
hither and thither → acá y acullá

hither

[ˈhɪðər] adv
hither and thither, hither and yon (US) → ici et là

hither

adv
(old, = to this place) → hierher ? also come-hither
hither and thither (liter: = to and fro) → hierhin und dorthin

hither

[ˈhɪðəʳ] adv (old) → qui, qua
hither and thither (liter) → qua e là

hither

(ˈhiðə) adverb
to this place.
ˌhitherˈto adverb
up to this time. Hitherto, this information has been kept secret.
hither and thither
in various directions. People were running hither and thither.
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But he is not listening to them, he is there for business; he is not minding the cloak-bearers that come fluttering around to confuse him; he chases this way, he chases that way, and hither and yon, scattering the nimble banderillos in every direction like a spray, and receiving their maddening darts in his neck as they dodge and fly - oh, but it's a lively spectacle, and brings down the house
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Growing up, Kallin moved hither and yon with her family and ended up in Montana, where she attended law school at the University of Montana in Missoula.
Erica M. Kallin, deputy prosecuting attorney and special victims unit chief, Canyon County Prosecuting Attorneys Office
These days, with plenty of insanity rising around the globe again, hither and yon, the thoughts of Howard and others like him are worth considering as much as ever.
Glory and Insanity
Danny Devine 6 Stood his ground against threat of Boyce but Caley Thistle defence were pulled hither and yon.
Man by Man
We are better and closer to the truth when we seek to include those voices from the right and the left, from ahead and behind, from hither and yon.
The changing face(s) of moral theology
No date is noted for the first edition; the second includes a new section of refractive surgery, new questions scattered hither and yon to incorporate the few recent changes in the science, and a new synthesis and summary chapter.
Last-minute optics; a concise review of optics, refraction, and contact lenses, 2d ed
About a dozen years ago, huge green signs started popping up in the city, pointing the way hither and yon - to downtown, the airport, the interstate - for motorists, most of whom knew their way around just fine.
Poles to nowhere; Sidewalk eyesores don't belong
With those GIs in uniform strolling around It seemed like the movies had come to our town Baseball at the Tower Grounds, they raced jeeps on the prom And hundreds of girlfriends from hither and yon.
1943; Your Poem: by Edward Carroll, Aigburth Vale, L17
You see, I am one of the pathetic souls whose family lives in parts hither and yon.
I THANKFULLY GOBBLE UP TURKEY DAY DINNER INVITES
The skies are jammed with big planes, regional jets and smaller aircraft, including those corporate jets that whisk chief executives hither and yon.
U.S. editorial excerpts -3-
This is a novel with strengths and weaknesses, the latter being that the narrative goes hither and yon, with diary entries and fictional short stories intermeshed.
Mandabach, Brian.... or not?
Current scholarship about company towns generally depict workers and their families as helpless victims cast hither and yon by economic and historical forces, says Metheny (archaeology, Boston U.
From the miners' doublehouse; archaeology and landscape in a Pennsylvania coal company town

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