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  1. adverb At or in this place: Stop here for a rest.
  2. adverb At this time; now: We'll adjourn the meeting here and discuss remaining issues after lunch.
  3. adverb At or on this point, detail, or item: Here I must disagree.

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  • This done, she turned with a swift jerk of the head, bringing to bear the tube of her bonnet in full force upon her lord and master Jim Bowles," she said, "this here is a shame! —  The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X)
  • It is true that God created all nations "that they should seek God, if haply they might feel [Professor Green says the Greek word here means 'to feel or grope for or after, as persons in the dark'] after him and find him" (Acts 17:27). —  To Infidelity and Back
  • "Sorry I can't be more polite, but this here is a business matter. —  The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger
  • And here--here is my beautifullest ting--my chiefest relic, in de leetle silver box--see Nay, what is it, trow?" —  The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
  • Mother, this here is a friend of ourn from away up yonder whar they have to slice the potatoes and slip 'em down between the rocks, and I want to tell you that him and me fits one another like a hand and glove I am mighty glad to meet you," said the woman, wiping her hands on her apron. —  Old Ebenezer
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old English hēr; see ko- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also heere; from Middle English here, heer, her, from Anglo-Saxon hēr = Old Saxon hēr = OFries. hīr = Dutch hier = Middle Low German hir = Old High German hiar, Middle High German hier, hie, G. hier, hie = Icelandic hēr = Swedish här = Danish her = Gothic (Moesogothic) hēr, here (cf. Old High German hera, Middle High German here, her, German her, hither; Gothic (Moesogothic) hiri, imperative adverb, here! i. e., come hither); with orig. locative suffix -r (cf. her, of similar formation), from the pron. representing by he, q. v. Here is related to he as there to that, they, and where to who, what. Cf. the series hither, thither, whither, and hence, thence, whence. In comp. with an adverb or preposition here retains some of its orig. pronominal force: hereafter after this, etc.
  2. OSc. heir; Middle English here, heere, from Anglo-Saxon here, an army, particularly the enemy, = Old Saxon heri = OFries. hiri, here, = Dutch heer, heir = Middle Low German (in comp.) here-, her- = Old High German heri, hari, Middle High German here, German heer = Icelandic herr = Swedish här = Danish hær = Gothic (Moesogothic) harjis, an army, host; = Old Bulgarian kara, strife, = Lithuanian karas, war, = Lettish karsch, war, tumult, = Old Prussian karjis, an army; cf. Zend kāra, army. Hence harry = harrow, v., herring ring, and in comp., variously modified, heriot, harbor, harborough, herald, the proper name Harold, etc.
  3. here, adverb
 

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