Wherewith

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wherewith \Where*with"\, adv.
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     1. With which; -- used relatively.
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              The love wherewith thou hast loved me. --John xvii.


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     2. With what; -- used interrogatively.
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              Wherewith shall I save Israel?        --Judg. vi.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wherewith \Where*with"\, n.
     The necessary means or instrument.
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           So shall I have wherewith to answer him. --Ps. cxix.
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           The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation. --H.
                                                    Spencer.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wherewith
       adv : out of, or by means of which; "tools wherewith to scrape the
             windshield of my car" [syn: {wherewithal}]