thither

Definition

To that place.

Etymology

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Example Sentences

• "Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […]"
• "[…] Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd, because he brought me thither […]"
• "[A]ll thoſe goods, and a great deal of money in ſpecie, is return'd hither for and in ballance of our ovvn manufactures and merchandizes exported thither; […]"

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