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   Neighbor , 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.]
   A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors.
   Shak.
   
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   One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
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   Buckingham
   No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel.
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   One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.
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   Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
   Luke x. 36.
   
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   The gospel allows no such term as “stranger;” makes every man my neighbor.
   South.
   
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   Neighbor, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. “The neighbor cities.” Jer. l. 40. “The neighbor room.” Shak.
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   neighbor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored ; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.]
   To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.
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   Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore.
   Sandys.
   
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   To associate intimately with. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   Neighbor, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.]
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   A copse that neighbors by.
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