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Webster 1913 Edition


Hereby

Here-by′

,
adv.
1.
By means of this.
And
hereby
we do know that we know him.
1 John ii. 3.
2.
Close by; very near.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hereby

HEREBY'

,
adv.
By this.
Hereby we became acquainted with the nature of things.

Definition 2024


hereby

hereby

English

Adverb

hereby (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
      There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […].
  2. (formal) By this means, action or process.
    I hereby declare you husband and wife.

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