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Definition of "wherewith" []

  • The thing or things with which. (pronoun)
  • By means of which. (conjunction)
  • Obsolete With what or which. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wherewith" in a sentence
  • "In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness."
  • "He would have given anything, everything for power to ask this simple question, but glib as was his tongue in pulpits and on platforms, now he could not find a word wherewith to express the plain wish of his heart."
  • "Of the terms wherewith his arguing in this case is clouded and darkened, enough hath been remarked already."