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Within. [Obs.] This purse hath she inwith her bosom hid. Chaucer.

Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. We gentil women bee Loth to displease any wight, Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had d…

A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.

(Bot.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.

Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly. [Obs.] That thou doest, do thou swithe. Wyclif (John xiii. 27).

With that or this. "I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Phil. iv. 11.

Over and above; besides; moreover. [Obs.] Daniel. And therewithal it was full poor and bad. Chaucer.

A vinelike plant (Vitis Caribæa) growing in parched districts in the West Indies, and containing a great amount of sap which is sometimes used for quenching thirst.

With which; -- used relatively. The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John xvii. 26.

Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed" Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9. [The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton.

rst letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel Alpha with the ä sound, the Phoenician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used…

In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.

Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.

With stronger reason.

, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or…

On tiptoe; eagerly expecting. We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. F. Harrison.

f Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.