wherewith
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /wɛːˈwɪð/ (in accents with the "wine-whine" merger)
  • (America) IPA: /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/ (in accents without the "wine-whine" merger)
  • (America, also) IPA: /ʍɛɚˈwɪθ/ (in accents without the "wine-whine" merger)
  • (America) IPA: /wɛɚˈwɪð/ (in accents with the "wine-whine" merger)
  • (America, also) IPA: /wɛɚˈwɪθ/ (in accents with the "wine-whine" merger)
Adverb

wherewith (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) With which; with what.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗:
      Matthew 5:13:
      Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗:
      Zechariah 14:12:
      And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem.
Translations
  • French: avec quoi
  • German: womit
  • Portuguese: com que
Noun

wherewith (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Something with which; the means by which.
    Synonyms: wherewithal#Noun
    • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:
      Hath not he wherewith {{transterm



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