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Neighbor (nāb&etilde_;r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. neáhgebūr; neáh nigh + gebūr a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. nāhgibūr. See Nigh, and Boor.] [Spelt also neighbour.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. Chaucer.
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Masters, my good friends, mine honest neighbors. Shak.
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2. One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
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Buckingham
No more shall be the neighbor to my counsel.
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3. One entitled to, or exhibiting, neighborly kindness; hence, one of the human race; a fellow being.
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Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves? Luke x. 36.
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The gospel allows no such term as “stranger;” makes every man my neighbor. South.
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neighbor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neighbored (?); p. pr. & vb. n Neighboring.] 1. To adjoin; to border on; to be near to.
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Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. Sandys.
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2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] Shak.
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