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.
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.
Neigh"bor , a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The
neighbor cities." Jer. l. 40. "The neighbor room."
Shak.
Neigh"bor (nā"b&etilde;r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebūr; neáh nigh + gebūr a dweller, farmer; akin to D.
nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nāhgibūr. 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.
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