Adjective

(en-adj)

(archaic, poetic) near, close by

The end is nigh !

* , 2006, Echo Library, page 185,

He at his head took aim who stood most nigh ;

* 1831 , , The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland , page 421,

By these and many histories more, it is most evident, that the more nigh salvation and deliverance approach, the more vehement is temptation and trouble.

* 1834 , , A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett , page 197,

The enemy, somewhat imboldened, draws nigher to the fort.

* 1889 , , Debates: Official Report , Volume 2, page 1408,

You then went to St. Andrews, the nighest ocean port.

Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

* Knolles

nigh kinsmen

* Bible, Eph. ii. 13

Ye are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Adjective

(en-adj)

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

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Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

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(Generic intensifier).

(analysis, Of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges.

(algebra, Of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.

(math, Of a category) in which all small limits exist.

(logic, of a proof system of a formal system)   With respect to a given semantics, that any well-formed formula which is (semantically) valid must also be provable.Sainsbury, Mark [2001] Logical Forms : An Introduction to Philosophical Logic . Blackwell Publishing, Hong Kong (2010), p. 358.

* Gödel's first incompleteness theorem showed that Principia'' could not be both consistent and complete. According to the theorem, for every sufficiently powerful logical system (such as ''Principia''), there exists a statement ''G'' that essentially reads, "The statement ''G'' cannot be proved." Such a statement is a sort of Catch-22: if ''G'' is provable, then it is false, and the system is therefore inconsistent; and if ''G is not provable, then it is true, and the system is therefore incomplete.^(w)