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Webster 1913 Edition


Therein

There-in′

,
adv.
In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect.
Wyclif.
He pricketh through a fair forest,
Therein
is many a wild beast.
Chaucer.
Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
therein
.
Gen. ix. 7.
Therein
our letters do not well agree.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Therein

THEREIN'

,
adv.
[there and in.] In that or this place, time or thing.
Bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply therein. Gen.9.
Ye shall keep the sabbath--whosoever doeth any work therein--that soul shall be cut off. Ex.31.
Therein our letters do not well agree.

Definition 2024


therein

therein

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Adverb

therein (not comparable)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) in that; in him/her/it
    • My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein. George Washington
    • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
      "Ha," said Robin, "comest thou from Locksley Town? Well do I know that fair place for miles about, and well do I know each hedgerow and gentle pebbly stream, and even all the bright little fishes therein, for there I was born and bred. Now, where goest thou with thy meat, my fair friend?"

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