Hypertext Webster Gateway: "neighbor"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Neighbor \Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS.
ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer;
akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See
{Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.]
1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not
far off. --Chaucer.

Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors.
--Shak.

2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.

Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my
counsel. --Shak.

3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness;
hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.

Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was
neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
--Luke x. 36.

The gospel allows no such term as ``stranger;''
makes every man my neighbor. --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, a.
Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.
``The neighbor cities.'' --Jer. l. 40. ``The neighbor room.''
--Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

neighbor \neigh"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neighbored}; p. pr. &
vb. n {Neighboring}.]
1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to.

Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore.
--Sandys.

2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, v. i.
To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the
neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.]

A copse that neighbors by. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

neighbor
adj : situated near one another; "neighbor states" [syn: {neighbour},
{neighboring(a)}, {neighbouring(a)}]
n 1: a person who lives (or is located) near another [syn: {neighbour}]
2: a nearby object of the same kind; "Fort Worth is a neighbor
of Dallas"; "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"
[syn: {neighbour}]
v 1: live or be located as a neighbor [syn: {neighbour}]
2: be located near or adjacent to [syn: {neighbour}]


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