therewith
/ðɛəˈwɪθ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With this, that or those.
adv
In addition to that; besides, moreover.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "At the expiration of the solemn ceremonies connected therewith Private Flanagan of the Irish tent arose, and, after congratulating the learned doctors of the Keeley Club on the success of the meeting, invited all present to attend a pink tea that would be held in his tent that evening at eight p.m."
- "'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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: therwith, þǣrwiþ
Phrases
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form