hither
/ˈhɪðɚ/ verb C2- only used in the phrase hither and thither
He/she/it hithers · Past hithered · Past participle hithered · -ing form hithering
Verb forms
- Base form
- hither
- He/she/it
- hithers
- Past
- hithered
- Past participle
- hithered
- -ing form
- hithering
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One thought in particular tormented him: namely, that during his journey hither he had sat so still, whereas he might, a dozen times, have plunged into the sea, and, thanks to his powers of swimming, for which he was famous, have gained the shore, concealed himself until the arrival of a Genoese or Spanish vessel, escaped to Spain or Italy, where Mercédès and his father could have joined him.
“Well, what good wind blows you hither at this hour?” said he; “have you come to sup with me?
If he fears me, why come hither?
I will summon him hither.”
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