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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Neighbor \Neigh"bor\, a. Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring. ``The neighbor cities.'' --Jer. l. 40. ``The neighbor room.'' --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

neighbor \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Neighbor \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)