Neighbor

Definition of Neighbor

Neigh´bor Pronunciation: nā´bẽr

n.	1.	A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. - Shak.
	2.	One who is near in sympathy or confidence. Buckingham No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel. - Shak.
	3.	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? - Luke x. 36. The gospel allows no such term as "stranger;" makes every man my neighbor. - South.
a.	1.	Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.
v. t.	1.	To adjoin; to border on; to be near to. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored ; p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.] Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. - Sandys.
	2.	To associate intimately with.
v. i.	1.	To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. A copse that neighbors by. - Shak.

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