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• nigh — [naı] adv [: Old English; Origin: neah] 1.) nigh on old fashioned almost ▪ There were nigh on 40 people there. 2.) literary near or soon ▪ Winter draws nigh (=will start soon) . →↑well nigh …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Nigh Commission — The Commission on the Reform of Oklahoma State Government, also known as the Nigh Commission, was a committee that in 1984 recommended sweeping changes to the government of the State of Oklahoma to improve efficiency, economy and service. It is… …   Wikipedia

• nigh — adverb 1 nigh on old fashioned almost: There were nigh on 40 people there. 2 literary near: draw nigh (=come near or be about to happen soon): Winter draws nigh. see also: well­nigh …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• The End Is Nigh — Infobox Magazine title = The End is Nigh | image size = 200px | image caption = The End is Nigh issue #3 cover, by Oliver Redding editor = Michael Molcher frequency = Yearly category = Apocalypse company = firstdate = Summer 2005 finaldate =… …   Wikipedia

• well-nigh — adverb INFORMAL nearly but not completely: It would be well nigh impossible to get there in less than an hour …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• To come nigh — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• well-nigh — UK / US adverb informal nearly but not completely It would be well nigh impossible to get there in less than an hour …   English dictionary

• Mark 5 — 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and… …   The King James version of the Bible

• Jesus —    The fight against evil, the DEVIL, and DEMONs are central in the life and purpose of Christianity’s Son of God. “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work,” affirms 1 John 3:8. Accounts in the New Testament tell of… …   Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

• Omnipotus — Nigh Omnipotus Publication information Publisher New England Comics …   Wikipedia