therewith
English
Etymology
c. 1200, from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#THEREWITHCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#THEREWITH therwith, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#THEREWITHCategory:English terms derived from Old English#THEREWITH þǣrwiþ (“therewith, in return, in exchange, against”), equivalent to there + withCategory:English compound terms#THEREWITH. Cognate with Danish derved (“therewith”), Swedish därvid (“therewith, thereby”). Parallel with Dutch daarmee, German damit (“therewith”), though etymologically different. See also theremid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðɛəˈwɪθ/, /ðɛəˈwɪð/Category:English 2-syllable words#THEREWITHCategory:English 2-syllable words#THEREWITHCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#THEREWITH
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Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#THEREWITHAudio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪð, -ɪθCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪð#THEREWITHCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪð/2 syllables#THEREWITHCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪθ#THEREWITHCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪθ/2 syllables#THEREWITH
Adverb
therewith (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#THEREWITHCategory:English adverbs#THEREWITHCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#THEREWITHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#THEREWITHCategory:Pages with entries#THEREWITHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#THEREWITH
- With this, that or those.
- Antonym: therewithout
- Coordinate terms: thereattached, therewithin, therein, thereinside, therebeside, thereabove, thereover, thereon, thereupon, therebefore, thereafter, therebetween, thereamong
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philippians 4:11:
- I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.Category:English terms with quotations#THEREWITH
- 1876, A concise law dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whiteley, barrister at law:
- In untechnical language, we may describe letters of horning as the authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.Category:English terms with quotations#THEREWITH
- 1895, “The Vigilantes at the Capitol Grounds”, in The “City Guard”: A History of Company “B”, First Regiment Infantry, N.G.C. [National Guard of California]: During the Sacramento Campaign, July 3 to 26, 1894 […], San Francisco, Calif.: Filmer-Rollins Electrotype Co. […], →OCLC, pages 79–80:
- At the expiration of the solemn ceremonies connected therewith Private Flanagan of the Irish tent arose, and, after congratulating the learned doctors of the Keeley Club on the success of the meeting, invited all present to attend a pink tea that would be held in his tent that evening at eight p.m.Category:English terms with quotations#THEREWITH
- In addition to that; besides, moreover.
- Thereupon, forthwith; with that being said or done.
- 1869, Richard Blackmore, Lorna Doone, page 1:
- 'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well.Category:English terms with quotations#THEREWITH
- 1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 144:
- […] the Greek mind came to apprehend a transcendent principle manifesting itself in a mysterious ultimate power affiliating and controlling all things to the end that the purpose of their existence should be accomplished and therewith the order of the world preserved.Category:English terms with quotations#THEREWITH
Translations
See also
- (about) hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts) hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (above) hereabove, thereabove, whereabove
- (across) thereacross, whereacross
- (after) hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (against) hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (again) thereagain
- (along) herealong, therealong, wherealong
- (amidst) thereamidst
- (amid) thereamid
- (among) hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst) thereamongst, whereamongst
- (anent) hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
- (around) therearound, wherearound
- (as) thereas, whereas
- (at) hereat, thereat, whereat
- (atop) thereatop
- (away) hereaway, thereaway, whereaway
- (before) herebefore, therebefore, wherebefore
- (behind) therebehind, wherebehind
- (below) herebelow, therebelow, wherebelow
- (beneath) herebeneath, therebeneath
- (beside) therebeside
- (between) therebetween, wherebetween
- (betwixt) therebetwixt
- (beyond) herebeyond, therebeyond
- (by) hereby, thereby, whereby
- (ever) herever, therever, wherever
- (fore) herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (for) herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (forth) hereforth
- (from) herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence) herehence, therehence
- (in above) hereinabove, thereinabove
- (in after) hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before) hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (in below) hereinbelow, thereinbelow
- (in elsewhere) hereinelsewhere
- (in) herein, therein, wherein
- (in soever) whereinsoever
- (into) hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (in under) hereinunder, thereinunder
- (in which) whereinwhich
- (mid) theremid
- (of) hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on) hereon, thereon, whereon
- (onto) hereonto, thereonto, whereonto
- (out) hereout, thereout, whereout
- (outside) thereoutside
- (over) hereover, thereover, whereover
- (soever) wheresoever
- (somever) wheresomever
- (so) whereso
- (throughout) therethroughout
- (through) therethrough, wherethrough
- (tofore) heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (to) hereto, thereto, whereto
- (toward) heretoward, theretoward, wheretoward
- (towards) theretowards, wheretowards
- (under) hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (until) thereuntil, whereuntil
- (unto) hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon) hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (up) thereup, whereup
- (withal) herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
- (with) herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (within) herewithin, therewithin, wherewithin
- (without) herewithout, therewithout, wherewithout
References
- “therewith”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “therewith”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes V (Simular–Z), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.