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