Nigh /(nī)/
Nigh
a.
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Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
The loud tumult shows the battle nigh.
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Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Ye . . . are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Nigh
adv.
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In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
He was sick, nigh unto death.
He drew not nigh unheard; the angel bright, Ere he drew nigh, his radiant visage turned.
- Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
Nigh
v. t. & i.
- To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near. [Obs.]
Nigh
prep.
- Near to; not remote or distant from.