hitherward
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of hitherward
before 1100; Middle English, Old English hiderward. See hither, -ward
Example Sentences
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Hitherward must men who seek the soul of Lincoln turn their eye.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
Hitherward, nevertheless, some keels already are steering, And on this Pontic shore alien vessels will be.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
By the rolling of the drums, Hitherward King William comes!
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
Kamper stands on Birtingsborough, Thence so far he sees and wide: “What can be that little wreck Hitherward that seems to glide?”
From Grimmer and Kamper The End of Sivard Snarenswayne and other ballads by Borrow, George Henry
Never a moon without clammy-cold shroud on it Hitherward comes, or a flower-like star!
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry
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