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Definitions for wherewithal
ˈʰwɛər wɪðˌɔl, -wɪθ-, ˈwɛər-wher·e·with·al
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Princeton's WordNet
wherewithalnoun
the necessary means (especially financial means)
Wiktionary
wherewithalnoun
The ability and means required to accomplish some task.
wherewithaladverb
In what way; how.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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wherewithal
Wherewithal refers to the necessary means, resources or money required to accomplish a specific purpose or task. It can be used in reference to both tangible items like funds and materials, as well as intangible ones such as the skills, knowledge, or strength that one needs to do something.
Webster Dictionary
Wherewithal
wherewith
Matched Categories
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wherewithal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wherewithal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of wherewithal in a Sentence
They don’t have the wherewithal, the skill set and the materials to repair the oil wells themselves.
He had the intelligence and wherewithal to start saving them, and he handed them down, eventually to three grandsons.
My main interest is in securing Griffin's assets so that he doesn't have the wherewithal to ever do this to another child, i've done a lot of sex trafficking cases over the years, and they get more and more depraved as time goes on.
Donald Trump is the best presidential candidate, who I believe has the experience and the wherewithal to give urban communities economic and educational opportunities.
In the long run, this is going to be a good thing for the companies that have the wherewithal to survive this.
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