Wherewith
[hwєә'wiθ]
Definition
(adv.) With which; -- used relatively.
(adv.) With what; -- used interrogatively.
(n.) The necessary means or instrument.
Editor: Rosalie
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. With which, wherewithal.[2]. With what.
Typed by Josephine
Examples
- She uses the warming-pan as a weapon wherewith she wards off the attention of the bagmen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- George Webb, who had found a female friend that lent him wherewith to purchase his time of Keimer, now came to offer himself as a journeyman to us. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Nor was Podder behindhand in earning laurels wherewith to garnish himself and Muggleton. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typed by Josephine