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therewith

/ðɛəˈwɪθ/

therewith adverb: with this, that or those.

Adverb

therewith (not comparable)

  1. With this, that or those.
    • I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Philippians 4:11
    • 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.1876, A concise law dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whiteley, barrister at law
    Antonyms:
    therewithout
  2. In addition to that; besides, moreover.
  3. Thereupon, forthwith; with that being said or done.
    • 'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well.1869, Richard Blackmore, Lorna Doone, page 1
    • […] 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.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “V. The Seven Against Thebes”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 144

Antonyms of therewith

Origin of therewith

c. 1200, from Middle English therwith, from Old English þǣrwiþ (“therewith, in return, in exchange, against”), equivalent to there + with. Cognate with Danish derved (“therewith”), Swedish därvid (“therewith, thereby”). Parallel with Dutch daarmee, German damit (“therewith”), Swedish därmed (“therewith”), though etymologically different. See also theremid.

Words that rhyme with therewith

Questions about therewith

What does therewith mean?
Therewith means with this, that or those.
What part of speech is therewith?
Therewith is an adverb.
How do you pronounce therewith?
Therewith is pronounced /ðɛəˈwɪθ/.

Words near therewith in the dictionary

  1. therevid
  2. therevids
  3. therewhile
  4. therewhilst
  5. therewise
  6. therewith
  7. therewithal
  8. therewithall
  9. therewithin
  10. therewithout
  11. therfore

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