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and adv. An obsolete form of nigh. neighbor, neighbour (na'bor), n. and a. [ And on a daye he hadde another lewe, one of his neygh bours , to dyner. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 166. Therfore men seyn an olde sawe, who hath a goode neigh bour hath goode morowe. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 434. When a Neapolitan cavalier has nothing else to do, he falls a tumbling over his papers to see if he can start a law-suit, and plague any of his neighbours . Add is on, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 428. neighborhood Mean while the Danes of Leister and North amp tons hire, not likeing perhaps to be neighbour'd with Strong Towns, laid Seige to Tor chester. Milton, Hist. Eng., v. These [trees] grow at the South end of the Island, and on the leisurely ascending hils that neighbour the shore. Sandys , Travailes, p. 10. 21. To make near or familiar. And sith so neighbour'd to his youth and haviour. Shak ., Hamlet, ii. 2. 12. II. in trans. To inhabit or occupy the same vicinity as neighbors; dwell near one another as members of the same community; be in the neighborhood; be neighborly or friendly. As a king's daughter, being in person sought Of divers princes, who do neighbour near. Sir J. Davies , Immortal. of Soul, xxx. Copies thereof exhibited to the churches of the jurisdiction of Plimouth, such of them as are neighbouring near unto them. N. Morton , New England's Memorial, p. 322. neigh borer, neighbourer (nā'bor-ér), n. who neighbors, or stands in close proximity to another; a neighbor. One A neighbourer of this Nymph's, as high in fortune's grace. Drayton, Polyolbion, i. 265. neighbore t, neighboure t (nā'bor-es), n. [ neyghboure e to make lament a cion. Bible of 1551, Jer. ix. 20.