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What's The Definition Of Neighbor?

\Neigh"bor\ (n[=a]"b[~e]r), n. [OE. neighebour, AS. ne['a]hgeb[=u]r; ne['a]h nigh + geb[=u]r a dweller, farmer; akin to D. nabuur, G. nachbar, OHG. n[=a]hgib[=u]r. See {Nigh}, and {Boor}.] [Spelt also {neighbour}.] 1. A person who lives near another; one whose abode is not far off. --Chaucer. 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.
\Neigh"bor\, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. ``The neighbor cities.'' --Jer. l. 40. ``The neighbor room.'' --Shak.
\neigh"bor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neighbored}; p. pr. & vb. n {Neighboring}.] 1. To adjoin; to border on; tobe near to. Leisurely ascending hills that neighbor the shore. --Sandys. 2. To associate intimately with. [Obs.] --Shak.
\Neigh"bor\, v. i. To dwell in the vicinity; to be a neighbor, or in the neighborhood; to be near. [Obs.] A copse that neighbors by. --Shak.