Neighbor /(nā"bẽr)/
Neigh·bor
Neighbor
n.
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A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off.
Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors.
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One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
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.
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.
Neighbor
a.
- Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.
neighbor
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Neighbored; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring
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To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.
Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore.
- To associate intimately with. [Obs.]
Neighbor
v. i.
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To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.]
A copse that neighbors by.