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therewith

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ðɛəˈwɪθ/ / /ðɛəˈwɪð/

adv

Etymology: 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.

  1. With this, that or those.

    I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.

    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.

  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.

    […] 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.