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   Nigh , a. [Compar. Nigher ; superl. Nighest, or Next .] [OE. nigh, neigh, neih, AS. neáh, nēh; akin to D. na, adv., OS. nāh, a., OHG. nāh, G. nah, a., nach to, after, Icel. nā (in comp.) nigh, Goth. nēhw, nēhwa, adv., nigh. Cf. Near, Neighbor, Next.]
   Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
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   The loud tumult shows the battle nigh.
   Prior.
   
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   Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate. “Nigh kinsmen.”
   Knolles.
   
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   Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
   Eph. ii. 13.
   
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   Syn. -- Near; close; adjacent; contiguous; present; neighboring.
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   Nigh, adv. [AS. neáh, nēh. See Nigh, a.]
    In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
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   He was sick, nigh unto death.
   Phil. ii. 27.
   
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   He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright,
   Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned.
   Milton.
   
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   Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
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   Nigh, v. t. & i. To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.]
   Wyclif (Matt. iii. 2).
   
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   Nigh, prep. Near to; not remote or distant from. “was not this nigh shore?”
   Shak.
   
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