ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wherewith

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /wɛəˈwɪð/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Wherewith is an adverb meaning (archaic) With which; with what.

Meaning

(archaic) With which; with what.

More Meanings

  1. (archaic) Something with which; the means by which.

Example Sentences

Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?
Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?
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.
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for wherewith

Depending on context, synonyms include wherewithal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wherewithal, wherwith, whitherto, whereto, whereof, whereon.

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