1. To
this seat; 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 different directions. "Victory is
like a traveller, and goeth
hither and thither."
Origin: OE. Hider, AS. Hider;
akin to Icel. Hra, Dan. Hid, Sw. Hit, Goth. Hidr; cf. L. Citra on
this side, or E. Here, he. 183. Cf. He.
Source: Websters Vocabulary