See Also: Nigh(medicine)
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nigh(2) (iou)



nigh verb. Now rare. ME.
[from the adverb.]
verb trans. Go, come, or draw near to, approach closely. Formerly also, approach so as to touch or handle. ME.
Sir W. Scott Sooner than Walwayn my sick couch should nigh, My choice were, by leach-craft unaided to die.
verb intrans. & trans. with impers. it. Draw near or close to, towards, or (formerly) to (a certain time). ME.
verb intrans. Go, come, or draw near; approach. (Foll. by to, toward.) ME.
Spenser Now day is doen, and night is nighing fast. Keats The laden heart Is persecuted more..when it is nighing to a mournful house. T. Hardy The first battle nighed on the low Southern side.