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Webster 1913 Edition

Wherewith

Where-with′

,
adv.
1.
With which; – used relatively.
The love
wherewith
thou hast loved me.
John xvii. 26.
2.
With what; – used interrogatively.
Wherewith
shall I save Israel?
Judg. vi. 15.

Where-with′

,
Noun.
The necessary means or instrument.
So shall I have
wherewith
to answer him.
Ps. cxix. 42.
The
wherewith
to meet excessive loss by radiation.
H. Spencer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wherewith

WHEREWITH

,
adv.
[where an with.]
1.
With which.
The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John 17.
2.
With what, interrogatively.
Wherewith shall I save Israel? Judges 6.

Definition 2024

wherewith

wherewith

English

Adverb

wherewith ‎(not comparable)

  1. (archaic) With which; with what.
    • 1611, Bible (KJV): Matthew 5:13:
      Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
    • 1611, Bible (KJV): Zechariah 14:12:
      And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem.
    • 1885, Christina G[eorgina] Rossetti, “Love Came Down at Christmas [originally untitled]”, in Time Flies: A Reading Diary, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, OCLC 2226947:
      […] Worship we the Godhead, / Love Incarnate, Love Divine, / Worship we our Jesus, / But wherewith for sacred sign? // Love shall be our token, / Love be yours and love be mine, / Love to God and all men, / Love for plea and gift and sign.

Translations

Noun

wherewith ‎(usually uncountable, plural wherewiths)

  1. (archaic) Something with which; the means by which.

See also

Etymology

From where +‎ with.

Pronunciation

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