therewith
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”), though etymologically different. See also theremid.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
therewith (not comparable)
- With this, that or those.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Philippians 4:11:
- I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.
- 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.
- 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.
TranslationsEdit
with this, that or those
See alsoEdit
- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (against): thereagainst, whereagainst
- (again): thereagain
- (amongst): whereamongst
- (among): thereamong, whereamong
- (around): therearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
ReferencesEdit
- therewith in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “therewith”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume V (Simular–Z), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.