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thereunto

thereunto

1 9.9
To the thing just mentioned, often used in legal papers
  • adverb
  • /ˌðɛrˈʌntu/
  • Formal
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  • And what that is, it is impossible to find until we are guided thereunto by the most excellent end, with a desire of which I flagrantly burned.

Examples

  • For the law, having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

    Blog text (11)

  • Tomorrow I shall beg your leave to your kingly eyes, where I shall, first asking your pardon thereunto, recount the occasion of my sudden and more strange return.

    Hamlet (2000)

  • In the contract, it clearly states the obligations of each party thereunto.

  • The committee decided to follow the guidelines that were previously established thereunto.

  • The evidence presented in court must adhere to the rules specified thereunto.

Synonyms

thereto
vsthereunto
  • Formal
5 9.4

To the thing or document mentioned earlier

has identical meaning but stresses the specific sense of to it

Surface Forms

thereunto positive

Morphology

thereunto = there (transparent) = unto + there

Meaning is directly composed from 'there' + 'unto' yielding 'to that' in formal/legal usage. [Postprocessing: moved 'unto' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Thereunto is made of there ('to or at that place') and unto ('to' or 'toward'), so it literally means 'to that' or 'to it'. That's why thereunto appears in formal or legal writing when you need to point back to something already mentioned.