different between therewith vs therefrom

English

Etymology

c. 1200, from Middle English therwith, from Old English þ?rwiþ (“therewith, in return, in exchange, against”), equivalent to there +? with. Cognate with Danish derved (“therewith”), Swedish därvid (“therewith, thereby”). Parallel with Dutch daarmee, German damit (“therewith”), though etymologically different. See also theremid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ð???w??/, /ð???w?ð/

Adverb

therewith (not comparable)

1. With this, that or those.
   • 1876, A concise law dictionary by Herbert Newman Mozley and George Crispe Whiteley, barrister at law

     In untechnical language, we may describe letters of horning as the authority by which a person, directed by the decree of a court of justice to pay or perform anything, is ordered to comply therewith.

2. In addition to that; besides, moreover.
3. Thereupon, forthwith; with that being said or done.

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References

• therewith in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “therewith”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume V (Simular–Z), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.

Anagrams

• withereth

English

Etymology

there +? from

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ðe??f??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Adverb

therefrom (not comparable)

1. (formal) From that; from him, her, or it.
   • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

   • 1923, H. P. Lovecraft, Hypnos

     Death is merciful, for there is no return therefrom

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Anagrams

• reformeth