Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb With that, this, or it.
  • adverb Archaic Immediately thereafter.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • With that.
  • Upon that; thereupon.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb With that or this.
  • adverb In addition; besides; moreover.
  • adverb obsolete At the same time; forthwith.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb With this, that or those.
  • adverb In addition to that; besides, moreover.
  • adverb Thereupon, forthwith; with that being said or done.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with that or this or it

Etymologies

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From Middle English therwith, from Old English þǣrwiþ ("therewith, in return, in exchange, against "), equivalent to there +‎ with. Cognate with Danish derved ("therewith"), Swedish därvid ("therewith, thereby"). Parallel with German damit ("therewith"), though etymologically different. See also theremid.

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Examples

  • I often wonder, "he added, sitting down at the table with a laugh," whether the mass of educated men know less of what concerns the welfare of their souls, and all therewith connected, or the mass of educated women of what concerns their bodies, and all _therewith_ connected.

    A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • Now she had taken away all their clothes; so every one of them sent to his people for fresh clothes and put them on and went out, covering himself therewith from the sight of the folk.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And when morning morrowed he donned clothes after the fashion of men of learning and doctors of the law and, taking the jewel-case went in therewith to the King of the city, before whom he kissed the ground and said to him,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Chauvelin had the honor of connecting his name therewith before disappearing forever in his retreat at Grosbois, to expend his life in vain regrets for lost power, and in vain attempts to recover it.

    A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 1830

  • - indeed, in this special case, particularly as regards the production of cheap hydrogen gas and as regards the contact substances, since those discovered by Haber were not suitable for practical operation - but since the work in connection therewith is not the object of this Prize, it is superfluous to deal with this aspect in greater detail.

    Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1931 - Presentation Speech 1966

  • Christ, being called therewith to the declaration of it, but his own mind will engage him to invite lost sinners unto a participation of him?

    Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965

  • Aquarius and Scorpio, the astrologers, objecting to the signification of the latter, substituted the constellation in conjunction therewith, which is known as Aquila (Ak-we-la) or Flying Eagle.

    Astral Worship J. H. Hill

  • From thence therefore he went vp into a throne or royall seate, and calling therewith the common people about him, he told them a long tale what aduentures had chanced to him in his conquest of the Ocean.

    Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (3 of 8) Raphael Holinshed

  • And yet, even if it were instituted merely in order that Christ might be baptized therewith, it was still necessary for others to receive this baptism, in order to avoid the objection mentioned above.

    Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas

  • Cuchulain's hands and he smote his head from his neck on the ford and left it therewith, that is, he left the head with the trunk.

    The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge Unknown

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