thereby

«thereby» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: by it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic word

modern equivalent

by it

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

By means of that; as a result of that. tree →

how it differs from today

Still used in formal writing but not in speech, where we say "by doing that" or "by it."

examples

• And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven, concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby. (Torah LEV.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• She gave to her such graceful mien, That she, thereby, became a queen. (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault) tree →
• Ye shall not make yourselves detestable with any swarming thing that swarmeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. (Torah LEV.11.43, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

thereby

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 30 (Torah 6, tales 24, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 3; ratio 0.5 (Torah alone 2.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
• When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
• And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
• Whoso despiseth the word shall suffer thereby; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
• Wine is a mocker, strong drink is riotous; and whosoever reeleth thereby is not wise.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thereby» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.