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therewithal, adv. arch.|ðɛəwɪˈðɔːl|
[Orig. two words, there 17 and withal adv.]
1. Along with or together with that; besides, or in addition to that (fact, circumstance, etc.); with all that; over and above that; = therewith 2, 2 b.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11915 Nys non on lyue... Þat semeþ so wel his beryng, Ne so curteys þer wyþ⁓al. c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 773 And ther with al he knew of mo prouerbes Than in this world ther growen gras or herbes. 1490Caxton Eneydos xxix. 112 A whyte coloure, with a bryght hew there with alle. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iv. iv. 90 Giue her that Ring, and therewithall This letter. 1620Venner Via Recta vi. (1637) 113 A couple of potched Egges,..eating therewithall a little Bread and Butter. 1809Malkin Gil Blas xi. xi. (Rtldg.) 414 He was to make a voyage, and as he hoped, his fortune there⁓withal. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. i. (1874) 250 False hopes, true poverty, and therewithal The blinded judgment of a host of friends.
2. That being said or done; = therewith 2 c.
a1300Cursor M. 1117 Caym..wend [h]a scaped þar wit alle [G. þar wid all]. 1375Barbour Bruce v. 252, ‘I grant’, he said; and thar with all He lowtit, and his leyf has tane. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 151 He stakkerit thair with all Half the breid of the hall. c1570Pride & Lowl. (1841) 20 What then?.. Quoth he; and therewithal he swore an oath. 1663Blair Autobiog. iii. (1848) 55 Therewithal, stretching out both his arms, drew in my head to his bosom. 1801Wordsw. Troilus & Cr. 8 And therewithal to cover his intent A cause he found into the Town to go. 1879Butcher & Lang Odyss. xv. 255 He had signed silently to the woman and therewithal gat him away to the hollow ship.
†3. With that; = therewith 3. Obs.
1490Caxton Eneydos lx. 159 He toke hys hand fulle of erthe..and fylled hys throte therwithalle. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 43 Make plaister, and washe therewithall the walles within. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xxvi. (1674) 28 [He] throwing off his Royal Cloak..would therewithall have covered that beautiful Lady. |