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20 words match “THEREWITH”

THEREWITH adv. 3 definitions
With that or this. "I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content." Phil. iv. 11.
THEREWITHAL adv. 2 definitions
Over and above; besides; moreover. [Obs.] Daniel. And therewithal it was full poor and bad. Chaucer.
ABACK adv.
Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.
ABREAST adv.
At the same time; simultaneously. [Obs.] Abreast therewith began a convocation. Fuller.
BLENCH v.
o turn away; -- also, to obstruct; to hinder. [Obs.] Ye should have somewhat blenched him therewith, yet he might and would of likelihood have gone further. Sir T. More.
BLUSTER v.
o bully. He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller.
CONSCIENCE n.
e, a clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. -- Conscience money, stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into the United States…
CONTENT a.
osed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest. Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8.
DEFILE v.
o pollute. That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. Lev. xxii. 8.
DISPLEASE v.
ur tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.
ESCHATOLOGY n.
The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.
FLUSH a.
with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. -- Flush deck. (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1. -- Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.
FOOTLIGHT n.
One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor.
FORFEIT n.
; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life. Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits. Shak.
FUNCTION n.
the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. -- Explicit function, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x2, y = 10 -x3, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. -- Implicit function, a quan…
HORNING n.
cted by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith. Mozley & W.
LANGUAGE n.
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers. There was . . . language in their very gesture. Shak.
PITCH n.
, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. Ecclus. xiii. 1.
SUPPLE v.
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser.
TIDE n.
rnate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty- four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the f…