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Wherewith

//ʍɛɚˈwɪð// adv, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    With which; with what. archaic, not-comparable

    "Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?"

Noun
  1. 1
    Something with which; the means by which. archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Hath not he wherewith [translating dequoy] to be beholding vnto this his killing vivacitie?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wherwith. By surface analysis, where + with.

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