Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In addition; besides.
- adverb Despite that; nevertheless.
- adverb Archaic Therewith.
- preposition With. Used especially at the end of a question or a relative clause.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With all; moreover; likewise; in addition; at the same time; besides; also; as well.
- An emphatic form of
with , used after the object (usually a relative) at the end of a sentence or clause.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete With this; with that.
- adverb Archaic Together with this; likewise; at the same time; in addition; also.
- preposition obsolete With; -- put after its object, at the end of sentence or clause in which it stands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition archaic Synonym for
with , appearing at the end of a clause or sentence, after the object.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)
- adverb together with this
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There are dreadful little booths beside the path, for the sale of photographs and _immortelles_ -- I don't know what one is to do with the immortelles -- where you are offered a brush dipped in tar to write your name withal on the rocks.
A Little Tour of France Henry James 1879
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And great gifts to the earl of Lyngi and a word withal he sent,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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And great gifts to the earl of Lyngi and a word withal he sent,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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But before both the Bird - and Worm-men began their journey, the Empress commanded the Bearmen to view through their Telescopes what Towns and Cities those were that would not submit; and having a full information thereof, she instructed the Bird - and Bear-men what Towns they should begin withal; in the mean while she sent to all the Princes and soveraigns of those Nations, to let them know that she would give them a proof of her Power, and check their Obstinacies by burning some of their smaller Towns; and if they continued still in their Obstinate Resolutions, that she would convert their smaller Loss into a Total Ruin. she also commanded her Bird-men to make their flight at night, lest they be perceived.
The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World 1668
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And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
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And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
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O ay, easily to be spoken withal, that is, as easily as his infirmity will permit.
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The plain even at an early hour reeked with vapours distilled by the fires of the Samum: about noon, however, the air became cloudy, and nothing of colour remained, save that milky white haze, dull, but glaring withal, which is the prevailing day-tint in these regions.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
Mark 10. 1999
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And Jesus said unto them, "Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared."
yarb commented on the word withal
So, once again, we see that our basic social problems are still essentially those of the ants, though built, withal, upon a more dynamic and infinitely subtler plane!
- Caryl P. Haskins, Of Ants and Men, 1939, p. 225
Haskins's prose becomes fervid as the book nears its climax.
December 17, 2008
pikachu commented on the word withal
...colorful binding around his jacket, scarlet edging at the bottom of his trousers; and the sunshine made him look extremely gay and neat withal, because you could see how beautifully all this patching had been done.
-Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
March 19, 2011