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Nigh \Nigh\, v. t. & i.
To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.] --Wyclif
(Matt. iii. 2).
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Nigh \Nigh\, prep.
Near to; not remote or distant from. "was not this nigh
shore?" --Shak.
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Nigh \Nigh\ (n[imac]), a. [Compar. {Nigher} (n[imac]"[~e]r);
superl. {Nighest}, or {Next} (n[e^]kst).] [OE. nigh, neigh,
neih, AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h; akin to D. na, adv., OS. n[=a]h,
a., OHG. n[=a]h, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. n[=a] (in
comp.) nigh, Goth. n[=e]hw, n[=e]hwa, adv., nigh. Cf. {Near},
{Neighbor}, {Next}.]
1. Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
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The loud tumult shows the battle nigh. --Prior.
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2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.;
closely allied; intimate. "Nigh kinsmen." --Knolles.
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Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
--Eph. ii. 13.
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Syn: Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
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Nigh \Nigh\, adv. [AS. ne['a]h, n[=e]h. See {Nigh}, a.]
1. In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of
events; near.
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He was sick, nigh unto death. --Phil. ii.
27.
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He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright,
Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned.
--Milton.
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2. Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
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