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# wherewith

adverb

«wherewith» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

With what thing; with which. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherewith/#m1)

### Then and now

Today we say "with which"; the word is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

### Examples

- And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him. (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherewith/#x1)
- I have not even wherewith to buy oil, so as to light the lamp before the image\[440\] for the festival!" (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherewith/#x2)
- And thou shalt take in thy hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs.' (Torah EXO.4.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherewith/#x3)

### Note

Today: with which.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wherewith» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/wherewith/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wherewith» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/wherewith.html) on Mova free.