wherewithal

• “All which cautions of mine, which I think he deemed to be disdains, did inflame more his lascivious appetite (for this is the name wherewithal I entitle his affection towards me), which, had it been such as it ought, you had not known it now, for then the cause of revealing it had not befallen me.”

  The Fourth Book. I. Wherein Is Discoursed the New and Pleasant Adventure That Happened to the Curate and the Barber in Sierra Morena

• “: haply we shall find therein wherewithal to win the favour of the Commander of the Faithful.”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “” I answered her troubled and hastily, fearing I should not have the leisure to reply unto her, saying, “Sweet lady, let thy works verify thy words; for if thou carriest a poniard to defend thy credit, I do here likewise bear a sword wherewithal I will defend thee, or kill myself, if fortune prove adverse and contrary.”

  The Third Book. XIII. How the Curate and the Barber Put Their Design in Practice, with Many Other Things Worthy to Be Recorded in This Famous History

• “He also says he has the "wherewithal" and "experience" to give Gray an edge in the fundraising battle.”

  The Washington Post: Independent fundraising could aid Vince Gray's campaign effort

• “Do you agree that countries like Poland, new members of NATO, have not been sufficiently given the kind of wherewithal to defend themselves in case of an attack?”

  CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2008

• “Finally, we have witnessed the astounding effort of Soviet Russia to "come back" in the world's agricultural markets in order to get the "wherewithal" to carry out the Five Year Plan.”

  The Current Business Situation

• “She seemed so helpful, for, besides having to interpret and see to the affairs of so many, she has to give lessons and earn the 'wherewithal' to keep her own house.”

  Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle

• “Globes Online said Radware as the "wherewithal" to make a deal because it has $137. 4-million in cash.”

  All About Nortel

• “The economy is having a huge impact on people having the time and wherewithal to volunteer, says Jennifer Smith Turner, CEO of Girl Scouts of Connecticut, which has a waiting list of a few hundred girls because of a shortage of volunteer troop leaders.”

  USA Today: Good deeds fall victim to bad times

• “You need someone in charge with common sense, but also with the organizational wherewithal to actually get something done.”

  The Huffington Post: Brett King: #Winning at Social Media

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