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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nigh  \Nigh\,  a.  [Compar.  {Nigher};  superl.  {Nighest},  or 
  {Next}.]  [OE.  nigh,  neigh,  neih,  AS  ne['a]h,  n?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?hw,  n?hwa,  adv., 
  nigh.  Cf  {Near},  {Neighbor},  {Next}.] 
  1.  Not  distant  or  remote  in  place  or  time;  near 
 
  The  loud  tumult  shows  the  battle  nigh.  --Prior. 
 
  2.  Not  remote  in  degree,  kindred,  circumstances,  etc.; 
  closely  allied;  intimate.  ``Nigh  kinsmen.''  --Knolles. 
 
  Ye  .  .  .  are  made  nigh  by  the  blood  of  Christ. 
  --Eph.  ii  13. 
 
  Syn:  Near  close  adjacent;  contiguous;  present;  neighboring. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nighest 
  adj  :  (superlative  of  `near'  or  `nigh')  most  near  [syn:  {nearest}] 
  adv  :  (superlative  of  `near'  or  `close')  within  the  shortest 
  distance;  "that  was  the  time  he  came  nearest  to  death" 
  [syn:  {nearest},  {closest}]




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