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noun

Neighbor n. (Spelt also neighbour)

A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. "Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors."

One who is near in sympathy or confidence. "Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel."

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?" "The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor."

verb

neighbor v. t. (past & past part. neighbored; pres. part. neighboring)

To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. "Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore."

To associate intimately with. (Obs.)

Neighbor v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. (Obs.) "A copse that neighbors by."

adjective

Neighbor adj. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. "The neighbor cities." "The neighbor room."

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Etymology of 'Neighbor'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Neighbor" Quotes from Famous Books

... and great— I have given thee Judah thy portion to be, And the honor of Israel centres in thee! Thy children, like olive boughs, circle thy board, And the wives of thy master await at thy word, But insatiate still, thou hast entered the dome Of thy neighbor, and stolen the wife from her home; Thou hast slaughtered the husband with treacherous wile, And the vengeance of Heaven rewardeth thy guile! The child of thy love from thy arms shall be torn— And in sackcloth and ashes thy proud head ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 • Various

... obliged to put away my palette at half past twelve o'clock, and then came up, and looked into the Study at my husband. He was writing, and I was conscience-stricken for having interrupted him. We went to walk, and a neighbor invited us to drive to town in his sleigh. I accepted, but my husband did not. The Imp sprang on, as we passed his house; and then I found that the kind old man was Mr. Jarvis of the hill. I went to the post-office, where my husband was reading a letter from Mr. Hillard. We stayed at the ...

— Memories of Hawthorne • Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

... pumps are placed side by side (or end to end, if desired). Each pump, by a rock shaft connected with its piston rod, gives a constant and easy motion to the steam valve of the other. Each pump therefore gives steam to and starts its neighbor, and then finishes its own stroke, pausing an instant till its own steam valve, being opened by the other pump, allows it to ...

— A Catechism of the Steam Engine • John Bourne

... shawl? should it buy a quarter of a ton of coal? And there was the lyceum! Now, in the town where they lived, not to attend the lyceum was not to be in society; last winter they had managed to effect one season-ticket, and the girls had gone alternately, in a neighbor's company; this winter Frederick was at home, and two ...

— Our Young Folks--Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 - An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... I suppose he was going over to Zebulon. That's the county seat, and he goes over there quite often. Almost every time they hold court, I guess. Paw Hoover said he was a mighty bad neighbor, ...

— A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire - The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods • Jane L. Stewart

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