Definitions for wherewith
ʰwɛərˈwɪθ, -ˈwɪð, wɛər-wher·e·with

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wherewithnoun

   Something with which; the means by which.

2. wherewithadverb

   With which; with what.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wherewith, Wherewithaladverb

   With which.

   Etymology: where and with, or withal.

   As for those things wherewith superstition worketh, polluted they are. Richard Hooker.

   Her bliss is all in pleasure and delight,
   Wherewith she makes her lovers drunken. Fairy Queen.

   Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal
   The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne. William Shakespeare.

   In regard of the troubles wherewith this king was distressed in England, this army was not of sufficient strength to make an entire conquest of Ireland. John Davies, on Ireland.

   The builders of Babel, still with vain design,
   New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. John Milton.

   You will have patience with a debtor, who has an inclination to pay you his obligations, if he had wherewithal ready about him. William Wycherley.

   The frequency, warmth and affection, wherewith they are proposed. John Rogers, Sermons.

   But it is impossible for a man, who openly declares against religion, to give any reasonable security that he will not be false and cruel, whenever a temptation offers, which he values more than he does the power wherewith he was trusted? Jonathan Swift.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wherewithadverb

   with which; -- used relatively

2. Wherewithadverb

   with what; -- used interrogatively

3. Wherewithnoun

   the necessary means or instrument

How to pronounce wherewith?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say wherewith in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wherewith in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wherewith in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of wherewith in a Sentence

1. Washington Irving:

   The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are seldom read: one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought.

2. Ambrose of Milan:

   Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wherewith
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wherewith
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wherewith