thither
a . 那边的,对面的
ad . 往那边,到那边
那边的,对面的往那边,到那边
thither adv 1 :
to or toward that place ;
away from the speaker ; "
go there around noon !" [
synonym : {
there }, {
thither }] [
ant : {
here },
{
hither }]
Thither \
Thith "
er \,
adv . [
OE .
thider ,
AS . [
eth ]
ider ;
akin to E .
that ;
cf .
Icel . [
thorn ]
a [
eth ]
ra there ,
Goth .
[
thorn ]
a [
thorn ]
r [=
o ]
thence .
See {
That },
and {
The }.]
1 .
To that place ; --
opposed to {
hither }.
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This city is near ; . . .
O ,
let me escape thither .
--
Gen .
xix .
20 .
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Where I am ,
thither ye can not come . --
John vii .
34 .
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2 .
To that point ,
end ,
or result ;
as ,
the argument tended thither .
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{
Hither and thither },
to this place and to that ;
one way and another .
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Syn :
There .
Usage : {
Thither }, {
There }.
Thither properly denotes motion toward a place ;
there denotes rest in a place ;
as ,
I am going thither ,
and shall meet you there .
But thither has now become obsolete ,
except in poetry ,
or a style purposely conformed to the past ,
and there is now used in both senses ;
as ,
I shall go there to -
morrow ;
we shall go there together .
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Thither \
Thith "
er \,
a .
1 .
Being on the farther side from the person speaking ;
farther ; --
a correlative of hither ;
as ,
on the thither side of the water . --
W .
D .
Howells .
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2 .
Applied to time :
On the thither side of ,
older than ;
of more years than .
See {
Hither },
a . --
Huxley .
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