Nei"ther , conj. not either; generally used to introduce the first of two
or more coördinate clauses of which those that follow begin with nor.
Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king.
1 Kings xxii. 31.
Hadst thou been
firm and fixed in thy
dissent,
Neither had I transgressed, nor thou with me.
Milton. When she put
it on, she made me vow
That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose it.
Shak. &fist; Neither was formerly often used where we now
use nor. "For neither circumcision, neither uncircumcision is anything at all." Tyndale. "Ye shall not eat
of it, neither shall ye touch it."
Gen. iii. 3. Neither is sometimes used colloquially at
the end of a clause to enforce a foregoing negative (nor, not, no). "He is very tall, but not
too tall neither." Addison. " ‘I care not for his thrust' ‘No, nor I neither.'" Shak.
Not so neither, by no means. [Obs.]
Shak.
Nei"ther (? or ?; 277), a. [OE. neiter, nother, nouther, AS.
nāwðer, nāhwæðer; nā never, not + hwæðer whether. The word has
followed the form of either. See No, and Whether, and cf. Neuter, Nor.]
Not either; not the one or the other.
Which of them shall I
take?
Both? one? or neither? Neither
can be enjoyed,
If both remain alive.
Shak. He neither loves,
Nor either cares for him.
Shak.
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