What does wherewith mean?
Wherewith means (archaic) With which; with what..
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/wɛəˈwɪð/ · adverb
(archaic) With which; with what..
Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?
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.
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.
Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?
Use wherewith when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wherewith means (archaic) With which; with what..
Common synonyms include wherewithal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?
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