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nigh

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adj/naɪ//nɑe/[nɑe̯]
  1. 1

    Near, close by.archaicpoetic

    • The end is nigh!
    • Daybreak is drawing nigh.
  2. 2

    Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

    • Ye […] are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

syn. near

verb/naɪ//nɑe/[nɑe̯]
  1. 1

    to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come nearambitransitive

    • When the charnel-eyed Pale Horse has nighed
adv/naɪ//nɑe/[nɑe̯]
  1. 1

    Almost, nearly.not-comparable

    • We talked for nigh on to two hours.
prep/naɪ//nɑe/[nɑe̯]
  1. 1

    near; close to

    • When the Moon is horned […] is it not ever nigh the Sun?

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