the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > cause to move in a direction [verb (transitive)] > hither and thither (4)
intransitive. To fly low; to flit, flutter about.
transitive. To toss about like a ball, drive hither and thither. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To drive to and fro, to keep (a person) running to and fro.
transitive. to pillar and post: to drive from one place to another; to harass. Cf. from pillar to post at pillar, n. 8. rare.