wherewith

«wherewith» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: with which — 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

with which

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

With what thing; with which. tree →

how it differs from today

Today we say "with which"; the word is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

examples

• And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• I have not even wherewith to buy oil, so as to light the lamp before the image[440] for the festival!" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
• And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.' (Torah EXO.4.17, JPS 1917) tree →

tests

manual 10.1; corpora 55 (Torah 49, tales 6, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 6.2 (Torah alone 114.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

In the corpora

• And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him.
• And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.'
• And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark.
• And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash;
• And thou shalt give the money wherewith they that remain over of them are redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.'

Trees and pragmatics

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