Dictionary entry

Hither

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hith″er (?), adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. hēðra, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidrē; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. √183. Cf. 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.