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vicinity|vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ|
[ad. L. vīcīnitās, f. vīcīn-us: see vicine a. and -ity. So It. vicinità, Sp. vecindad.]
1. The state, character, or quality of being near in space; propinquity, proximity.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 12 b, For the Frenchmen come of the same offspringe that we do..: and for the vicinitie therof are very necessary for the Italians and us. 1604T. Wright Passions v. §4. 275 The vicinitie also of the evill moveth much, for dangers afarre off we little esteeme. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 169 The third is ‘to feed, and eate together’. Another degree of vicinity, and neerenesse. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 226 The most unhealthy of these [winds] are the South-East, for that then the Air is thicker, by reason of the Seas Vicinity. 1727Swift St. Irel. Wks. 1755 V. ii. 166 The abundance and vicinity of country seats. a1774Goldsm. Hist. Greece I. 105 But the Athenians were not to be intimidated by any vicinity of danger. 1825Scott Betrothed xix, The Constable alleged the vicinity of the Welsh, as what might possibly again render the abode of his betrothed bride..perilous. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi. II. 102 He had forgotten that vicinity operates in more ways than one. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 247 Under these conditions all vicinity of watercourses, unless bridged, should be avoided.
b. Const. to, with.
1651Baxter Lett. to Church at Bewdley 10 That we may enjoy the comfort of unity..according to our vicinity with you on Earth. 1681Rycaut tr. Gracian's Critick 23 All those Epithets of changeable, defective,..and the like, are..derived from her too near vicinity with the Earth. 1781Cowper Heroism 52 Ill-fated race! how deeply must they rue Their only crime, vicinity to you! 1836–7Dickens Sk. Boz, Scenes xxv, How much more awful is it to reflect on this near vicinity to the dying! 1858J. Martineau Stud. Chr. 206 This vicinity to the great capital drew him, however, into a wider circle of duties.
†2. Nearness in degree or quality; close relationship or connexion; resemblance, likeness. Obs.
1594West 2nd Pt. Symbol., Chancerie §145 Unto whom your said Oratrices husband, for the vicinity of bloud, and abilitie of substance, was bolder to make his mone for helpe. 1599Broughton's Lett. xii. 42 Speeches farre more differing from any vicinitie to prophanenes then this of yours. 1614W. B. Philosopher's Banquet (ed. 2) 51 The vicinity with mans nature it hath. 1642Jer. Taylor Episc. (1647) 281 An honorary, and extraordinary priviledge indulged to them for their vicinity and relation to our Blessed Lord the fountaine of all benison to us. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iii. (1677) 83 There is a vicinity between Agents and Patients.
3. = vicinage 1.
1781Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 293 Lord Cornwallis had advanced to the vicinities of the Moravian towns. 1789Ibid. III. 26 The progress of light..has equalled expectation in Paris only and its vicinities. 1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. iv. 173 That..tendency of things, which places the clergy of a vicinity in opposition the one to the other. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. viii, It commanded a full view of the vicinity without. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xi. 75 We were glad..to escape the vicinity of that ugly crevasse. 1875Helps Soc. Press. iii. 41 That might gradually have the effect of removing all noxious trades from London and its vicinity.
4. in the vicinity (of), in the neighbourhood (of), near or close (to). (Cf. vicinage 1 b and 3.)
(a)1796H. Hunter tr. St.-Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) II. 229 It would most probably have in it's vicinity, the tree which Nature designed should contrast with it in the same site. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 121 The merchant has his snug retreat in the vicinity of the metropolis. 1840Hood Up Rhine 161 The extraordinary transparency of the atmosphere in the vicinity of the Rhine. 1864Trevelyan Compet. Wallah (1866) 185 Amidst the park-like undulating scenery in the vicinity of the town. 1891Science-Gossip XXVII. 14/1 During a severe storm in that year the Port Glasgow ship ‘Marseilles’ capsized in the vicinity of Portpatrick.
(b)1827Faraday Chem. Manip. xviii. (1842) 479 The minute hole..may be obliterated by a little pressure towards it upon the lute in the immediate vicinity. 1843Lytton Last Bar. iii. v, A young man of low stature..slowly approaching towards the arch, and every cap in the vicinity was off, and every knee bowed.
b. With similar sense in other constructions. Also transf., something near to (a specified amount, etc.).
1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. iv. 145 A detachment of grenadiers were very expeditiously quitting the vicinity of danger. 1901Proc. New-Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc. 9 Jan. p. xvi, Raising the extra cost of that number of the Annual Proceedings to the vicinity of one hundred dollars. |