HITHER

here, hither

(adverb) to this place (especially toward the speaker); “come here, please”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

hither (not comparable)

(literary or archaic) To this place, to here.

over here

Usage notes

• Compare to the pronominal adverb "hereto" which follows the pattern of "preposition + what" or "preposition + which".

Antonyms

• hence

Adjective

hither (not comparable)

(archaic) On this side; the nearer.

Synonym: citerior (literary)

Source: Wiktionary

Hith"er, adv. Etym: [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrcitra on this side, or E. here, he. 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.

Hith"er, a.

1. Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton.

2. Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. Tennyson. To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newton and Michael Faraday. Huxley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition