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hereby, adv.|hɪəˈbaɪ, ˈhɪəbaɪ|
[f. here adv. + by prep. Cf. MDu. hierbi, MLG. hirbi, Du. hierbij, MHG. hierbî, Ger. hierbei. The stress shifts with the position of the word; cf. ‘I ˈhereby promise’, ‘I promise hereˈby’.]
†1. (hereˈby) By or near this place; in this neighbourhood; close by. Obs.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 3572 Quat Iosue to moysi, ‘Ic wene he fiȝten dun her-bi’. c1440York Myst. xv. 13 Or he be borne in burgh hereby. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxiii. 218 Sende fyrst to an abbay that is here by. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. i. 9 Hereby vpon the edge of yonder Coppice. 1631Weever Anc. Fun. Mon. 588 Hereby was a religious House for preaching Friers. 1655J. Jennings tr. Elise 30 A Tenants daughter of mine, a Gentleman here by.
†b. Past this place. Obs.
c1400Rom. Rose 6300, I wole nomore of this thing seyne, If I may passen me herby. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 277 The pepill that passis here-by.
†2. In connexion with this. Obs.
c1230Hali Meid. 23 Loke þenne her bi hwa se of hire meidenhad lihteð in to wedlac. a1250Owl & Night. 127 Her-bi men seggeþ a bispel.
3. By, through, or from this fact or circumstance; as a result of this; by this means.
c1320R. Brunne Medit. 67 Here by þou mayst lere Þat of o dysshe þey etyn yn fere. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) x. 39 Hereby schuld it seme þat haly writte ware noȝt trewe. 1526Tindale 1 John ii. 3 And herby we knowe that we have knowen him. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iv. 94, I will not reason what is meant heereby. 1665Hooke Microgr. Table 247 A multitude of Phænomena explicable hereby. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 105 Hereby, we detect the errors of those who evaporate..waters. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 11, I hereby promise to mend the whole in the most scientific manner. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 157 Hereby you may know that I am right. |