definition of the word therewith

Old English þǣr wiþ, þærwiþ. Compare Swedish dervid, Danish derved.

• IPA: /ðɛəˈwɪθ/, /ðɛəˈwɪð/

therewith (not comparable)

1. With this, that or those.

   ca. 1370: He ȝaue ȝow fyue wittes//For to wershepen hym ther-with - Piers Plowman, ii-16

   I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content. - Philippians, 4:11

2. In addition to that; besides, moreover.

   To speak of strength and therewith hardiness. - Geoffrey Chaucer

3. Thereupon, forthwith; with that being said or done.

   1869: 'I take the privilege, Mistress Ruth, of saluting you.' ...And therewith I bussed her well. - Richard Blackmore, Lorna Doone, 1.

• herewith
• wherewith

“therewith” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

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