The Collaborative International Dictionary
Therewithal \There`with*al"\, adv.
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Over and above; besides; moreover. [Obs.]
--Daniel.And therewithal it was full poor and bad.
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With that or this; therewith; at the same time.
Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal Remit thy other forfeits.
--Shak.And therewithal one came and seized on her, And Enid started waking.
--Tennyson.
Wiktionary
adv. in addition; besides; with all this; with all that
WordNet
adv. together with all that; besides; "thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal remit thy other forfeits"- Shakespeare
Usage examples of "therewithal".
CHAPTER 17 Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance Therewithal they gat to horse and rode away through that stony land, wherein was no river, but for water many pools in the bottoms, with little brooks running from them.
Therefore now meseemeth that not many of us shall see the cities of the South, and those few belike shall look on their own shackles therewithal.
And therewithal I pulled out a piece of the rope wherewith the bed was corded, and tyed one end thereof about a rafter by the window, and with the other end I made a sliding knot, and stood upon my bed, and so put my neck into it, and leaped from the bed, thinking to strangle my selfe and so dye, behold the rope beeing old and rotten burst in the middle, and I fell down tumbling upon Socrates that lay under : And even at that same very time the Hostler came in crying with a loud voyce, and sayd, Where are you that made such hast at midnight, and now lies wallowing abed?
They spake of sundry hard'ning of metal, And spake of medicines therewithal, And how, and when, it shoulde harden'd be, Which is unknowen algate* unto me.
And Sir Gaheris said he would be avised for King Mark was ever full of treason: and therewithal Sir Gaheris departed and rode his way.
And therewithal she turned her from the window, and Sir Beaumains rode awayward from the castle, making great dole, and so he rode here and there and wist not where he rode, till it was dark night.
And therewithal beseemed them that there came a man, and four angels from heaven, clothed in likeness of a bishop, and had a cross in his hand.
No poore cloisterer, nor no novice, But a governor, both wily and wise, And therewithal, of brawnes* and of bones, *sinews A right well-faring person for the nonce.
No cloisterer or novice can you be: A wily governor you seem to me, And therewithal a man of brawn and bone.
And therewithal Sir Ontzlake sent word unto his brother Sir Damas, that he had a knight that for him should be ready in the field by the hour of prime.
Now that I am fond of you, and am at pains to pleasure you, I do most frankly and fully confess and I ask them whether, considering only all that it means to have had, and to have continually, before one's eyes your debonair demeanour, your bewitching beauty and exquisite grace, and therewithal your modest womanliness, not to speak of having known the amorous kisses, the caressing embraces, the voluptuous comminglings, whereof our intercourse with you, ladies most sweet, not seldom is productive, they do verily marvel that I am fond of you, seeing that one who was nurtured, reared, and brought up on a savage and solitary mountain, within the narrow circuit of a cell, without other companion than his father, had no sooner seen you than 'twas you alone that he desired, that he demanded, that he sought with ardour?
And so therewithal departed and dissevered all the knights of the Round Table.
And therewithal flatling he fell to his feet, and would have kissed them, but Sir Launcelot would not let him.
And therewithal Sir Launcelot alighted off his horse and took up the king and horsed him again, and said thus: My lord Arthur, for God's love stint this strife, for ye get here no worship, and I would do mine utterance, but always I forbear you, and ye nor none of yours forbeareth me.
And therewithal Sir Arthur lightly leapt to it, and gat it in his hand, and forthwithal he knew that it was his sword Excalibur, and said, Thou hast been from me all too long, and much damage hast thou done me.