wherewith
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9.9
- adverb
- /ˈwɛrˌwɪθ/
- Archaic
:
con qué
- She gathered the supplies wherewith to create her art project.
Examples
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And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith, wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy and vagabonds, and they followed him.
Blog text (2) -
"And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet, "who wrought signs before him, "wherewith he seduced them who received the character of the beast, "and who adored his image.
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And to give them fresh wisdom wherewith to cleanse themselves, as with water.
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What do you get with the shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked?
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Fanatics have their dreams... wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect. -[ Man ]
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Sorted and consorted, contrary to thy established proclaimed edict and continent canon, with-- with-- o, with but with this I passion to say wherewith!
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Here he opposeth himself to the manna, wherewith God fed the Israelites in the wilderness, which never was really in heaven, nor had its original from thence.
Blog text (20) -
13:5 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
Blog text (4) -
Wherewith, while promising to correct his master, he sets himself up as a target for correction and condemnation by his own disciples as well as by posterity. -- John of Salisbury, Metalogicon
Academic text (1995) -
He found the tools wherewith to repair the old bicycle.
Synonyms
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4.5
In a way that allows something to happen
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wherewith comes from joining where 'in what place' and with 'by means of', so it literally means 'with which' or 'by which'. That's why wherewith is used to name the money or tools you have to do something.