"wherewith" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /wɛəˈwɪð/ [UK], /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/ [US] (note: without the wine–whine merger), /ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/ [US] (note: without the wine–whine merger), /wɛɚˈwɪð/ (note: US, wine–whine merger), /wɛɚˈwɪθ/ (note: US, wine–whine merger)
Rhymes: -ɪð, (US) -ɪθ Etymology: From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wherwith}} Middle English wherwith, {{surf|+com|en|where|with}} By surface analysis, where + with Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} wherewith (not comparable)
  1. (archaic) With which; with what. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Translations (with which): с помощта на който (s pomoštta na kojto) (Bulgarian), waarmee (Dutch), millä (Finnish), avec quoi (French), womit (German), con cui [common] (Italian), con il quale/col quale [formal, masculine, singular] (Italian), con la quale [feminine, formal, singular] (Italian), con i quali/coi quali [formal, masculine, plural] (Italian), con le quali [feminine, formal, plural] (Italian), hvormed [Riksmål] (Norwegian), com que (Portuguese), varmed (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wherewith-en-adv-W9Ekz4jl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wherwith [obsolete]

Noun [English]

IPA: /wɛəˈwɪð/ [UK], /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/ [US] (note: without the wine–whine merger), /ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/ [US] (note: without the wine–whine merger), /wɛɚˈwɪð/ (note: US, wine–whine merger), /wɛɚˈwɪθ/ (note: US, wine–whine merger) Forms: wherewiths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪð, (US) -ɪθ Etymology: From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wherwith}} Middle English wherwith, {{surf|+com|en|where|with}} By surface analysis, where + with Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} wherewith (usually uncountable, plural wherewiths)
  1. (archaic) Something with which; the means by which. Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually Synonyms: wherewithal#Noun
    Sense id: en-wherewith-en-noun-ZKUNB6Ha Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 0 100 Related terms (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout Related terms (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts Related terms (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter Related terms (again): thereagain Related terms (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst Related terms (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong Related terms (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst Related terms (around): therearound, wherearound Related terms (as): thereas, whereas Related terms (at): hereat, thereat, whereat Related terms (before): herebefore, therebefore Related terms (beside): therebeside Related terms (between): therebetween, wherebetween Related terms (by): hereby, thereby, whereby Related terms (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor Related terms (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore Related terms (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom Related terms (hence): herehence, therehence Related terms (in): herein, therein, wherein Related terms (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter Related terms (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore Related terms (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto Related terms (of): hereof, thereof, whereof Related terms (on): hereon, thereon, whereon Related terms (out): hereout, thereout, whereout Related terms (to): hereto, thereto, whereto Related terms (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore Related terms (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder Related terms (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto Related terms (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon Related terms (with): herewith, therewith Related terms (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wherwith [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.",
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "wherewith (not comparable)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:13, column 1:",
          "text": "Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "With which; with what."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) With which; with what."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛəˈwɪð/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɛɚˈwɪð/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛɚˈwɪð/",
      "note": "US, wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛɚˈwɪθ/",
      "note": "US, wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪð"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -ɪθ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "wherwith"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "s pomoštta na kojto",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "с помощта на който"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "waarmee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "millä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "avec quoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "womit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with which",
      "tags": [
        "common"
      ],
      "word": "con cui"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with which",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "con il quale/col quale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with which",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "con la quale"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with which",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "con i quali/coi quali"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "with which",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "con le quali"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "with which",
      "tags": [
        "Riksmål"
      ],
      "word": "hvormed"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "com que"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "with which",
      "word": "varmed"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wherewith"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English pronominal adverbs",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English uncomparable adverbs",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪð",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪð/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪθ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪθ/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "wherwith"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wherwith",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+com",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "where",
        "4": "with"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, where + with",
      "name": "surf"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.",
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    {
      "form": "wherewiths",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "about",
      "word": "hereabout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "about",
      "word": "thereabout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "about",
      "word": "whereabout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "abouts",
      "word": "hereabouts"
    },
    {
      "sense": "abouts",
      "word": "thereabouts"
    },
    {
      "sense": "abouts",
      "word": "whereabouts"
    },
    {
      "sense": "after",
      "word": "hereafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "after",
      "word": "thereafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "after",
      "word": "whereafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "again",
      "word": "thereagain"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "hereagainst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "thereagainst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "whereagainst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "among",
      "word": "hereamong"
    },
    {
      "sense": "among",
      "word": "thereamong"
    },
    {
      "sense": "among",
      "word": "whereamong"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amongst",
      "word": "thereamongst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "amongst",
      "word": "whereamongst"
    },
    {
      "sense": "around",
      "word": "therearound"
    },
    {
      "sense": "around",
      "word": "wherearound"
    },
    {
      "sense": "as",
      "word": "thereas"
    },
    {
      "sense": "as",
      "word": "whereas"
    },
    {
      "sense": "at",
      "word": "hereat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "at",
      "word": "thereat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "at",
      "word": "whereat"
    },
    {
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "herebefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "before",
      "word": "therebefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "beside",
      "word": "therebeside"
    },
    {
      "sense": "between",
      "word": "therebetween"
    },
    {
      "sense": "between",
      "word": "wherebetween"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by",
      "word": "hereby"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by",
      "word": "thereby"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by",
      "word": "whereby"
    },
    {
      "sense": "for",
      "word": "herefor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "for",
      "word": "therefor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "for",
      "word": "wherefor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fore",
      "word": "herefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fore",
      "word": "therefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "fore",
      "word": "wherefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from",
      "word": "herefrom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from",
      "word": "therefrom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "from",
      "word": "wherefrom"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hence",
      "word": "herehence"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hence",
      "word": "therehence"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in",
      "word": "herein"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in",
      "word": "therein"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in",
      "word": "wherein"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in after",
      "word": "hereinafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in after",
      "word": "thereinafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in after",
      "word": "whereinafter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in before",
      "word": "hereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in before",
      "word": "thereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in before",
      "word": "whereinbefore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "into",
      "word": "hereinto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "into",
      "word": "thereinto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "into",
      "word": "whereinto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of",
      "word": "hereof"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of",
      "word": "thereof"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of",
      "word": "whereof"
    },
    {
      "sense": "on",
      "word": "hereon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "on",
      "word": "thereon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "on",
      "word": "whereon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "out",
      "word": "hereout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "out",
      "word": "thereout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "out",
      "word": "whereout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to",
      "word": "hereto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to",
      "word": "thereto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to",
      "word": "whereto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "tofore",
      "word": "heretofore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "tofore",
      "word": "theretofore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "tofore",
      "word": "wheretofore"
    },
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "hereunder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "thereunder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "whereunder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unto",
      "word": "hereunto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unto",
      "word": "thereunto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "unto",
      "word": "whereunto"
    },
    {
      "sense": "upon",
      "word": "hereupon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "upon",
      "word": "thereupon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "upon",
      "word": "whereupon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "with",
      "word": "herewith"
    },
    {
      "sense": "with",
      "word": "therewith"
    },
    {
      "sense": "withal",
      "word": "herewithal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "withal",
      "word": "therewithal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "withal",
      "word": "wherewithal"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something with which; the means by which."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Something with which; the means by which."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wherewithal#Noun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛəˈwɪð/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɛɚˈwɪð/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛɚˈwɪð/",
      "note": "US, wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛɚˈwɪθ/",
      "note": "US, wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪð"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "(US) -ɪθ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "wherwith"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wherewith"
}

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