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Webster 1913 Edition
Withal
With-al′
,adv.
[
With
+ all
.] 1.
With this; with that.
[Obs.]
He will scarce be pleased
withal
. Shakespeare
2.
Together with this; likewise; at the same time; in addition; also.
[Archaic]
Fy on possession
But if a man be virtuous
But if a man be virtuous
withal
. Chaucer.
If you choose that, then I am yours
withal
. Shakespeare
How modest in exception, and
How terrible in constant resolution.
withal
How terrible in constant resolution.
Shakespeare
With-al′
,p
rep.
With; – put after its object, at the end of sentence or clause in which it stands.
[Obs.]
This diamond he greets your wife
withal
. Shakespeare
Whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled
withal
. Lev. v. 3.
Webster 1828 Edition
Withal
WITHAL
,adv.
1.
With the rest; together with; likewise; at the same time.If you choose that, then I am yours withal.
How modest in exception, and withal how terrible in constant resolution!
2.
It is sometimes used for with. But the word is not elegant, nor much used.Definition 2024
withal
withal
English
Postposition
withal
- (archaic) Synonym for with, appearing at the end of a clause or sentence, after the object.
- A knife is good to cut things withal.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:withal.
Adverb
withal (not comparable)
- (archaic) All things considered; nevertheless; besides[1]
- 1907, Gilbert Parker, The Weavers
- Yet, withal, David was the true altruist.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. […] But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land that Time Forgot, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
- So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly.
- 1907, Gilbert Parker, The Weavers
- (obsolete) With this; with that.
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare
- He will scarce be pleased withal.
- (Can we date this quote?), Shakespeare
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:withal.