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Definition of "hither" []

  • To or toward this place: Come hither. (adverb)
  • Located on the near side. (adjective)
  • Thither In or to many places; here and there: looked hither and thither for the ring; ran hither and yon. (idiom)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hither" in a sentence
  • "Mat 22: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?"
  • "Now he had already said to the birds, ‘With me is a young man, a mere youth, whom destiny brought hither from a distant land; and I desire of you that ye take him up and carry him to his own country.’"
  • "Ibrahim, Wazir to King Shamikh; and the manner of my coming hither is wondrous and the cause thereof marvellous."