hither
pronunciation
How to pronounce hither in British English:
UK [ˈhɪðə(r)]
How to pronounce hither in American English:
US [ˈhɪðɚ]
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- Adverb:
- to this place (especially toward the speaker)
Word Origin
- hither (adv.)
- Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hideran (cognates: Old Norse heðra "here," Gothic hidre "hither"), from Germanic demonstrative base *hi- (compare he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father, etc. Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Bring him hither to me .
- 2. Why , with such rank in the learned world , had he come hither ?
- 3. By bringing me hither , to die this death of triumphant ignominy before the people !
- 4. But as for those my enemies , who would not have me reign over them , bring them hither , and kill them before me .
- 5. Come hither purposely to poison me .