wherewith
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /wɛəˈwɪð/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/, /ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/
- (US, wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /wɛɚˈwɪð/, /wɛɚˈwɪθ/
- Rhymes: -ɪð, (US) -ɪθ
Adverb
editwherewith (not comparable)
- (archaic) With which; with what.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:
- Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 39:
- In the left there was a ſort of Engine, from the Back of which were extended twenty long Poles, reſembling the Paliſado's before your Majeſty's Court; wherewith we conjecture the Man-Mountain combs his Head, for we did not always trouble him with Queſtions, becauſe we found it a great Difficulty to make him underſtand us.
- 1885, Christina G[eorgina] Rossetti, “December 29 [Love Came Down at Christmas]”, in Time Flies: A Reading Diary […], London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge […], →OCLC, page 251:
- Worship we the Godhead, / Love Incarnate, Love Divine, / Worship we our Jesus,— / But wherewith for sacred sign? // Love shall be our token, / Love be yours and love be mine, / Love to God and all men, / Love the universal sign.
Translations
editwith which
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Noun
editwherewith (usually uncountable, plural wherewiths)
- (archaic) Something with which; the means by which.
- Synonym: wherewithal
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “An Apologie of Raymond Sebond”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 284:
- Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?
See also
edit- (about) hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts) hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after) hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (against) hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (again) thereagain
- (among) hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst) hereamongst, thereamongst, whereamongst
- (anent) hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
- (around) therearound, wherearound
- (as) thereas, whereas
- (at) hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before) herebefore, therebefore, wherebefore
- (below) herebelow, therebelow, wherebelow
- (beside) therebeside
- (between) therebetween, wherebetween
- (by) hereby, thereby, whereby
- (ever) herever, therever, wherever
- (fore) herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (for) herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (from) herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence) herehence, therehence
- (in after) hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before) hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (in) herein, therein, wherein
- (in soever) whereinsoever
- (into) hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (in which) whereinwhich
- (of) hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on) hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out) hereout, thereout, whereout
- (soever) wheresoever
- (somever) wheresomever
- (so) whereso
- (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
- (within) herewithin, therewithin, wherewithin
- (without) herewithout, therewithout, wherewithout
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