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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wherewith

· Where·with · IPA /ʍɛɚˈwɪð/
01 adv. With which; -- used relatively.
  1. 1.
    With which; -- used relatively.
    “The love wherewith thou hast loved me.” — John xvii. 26.
  2. 2.
    With what; -- used interrogatively.
    “Wherewith shall I save Israel?” — Judg. vi. 15.
02 n. The necessary means or instrument.
  1. 1.
    The necessary means or instrument.
    “So shall I have wherewith to answer him.” — Ps. cxix. 42.
    “The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation.” — H. Spencer.