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thereby

adv
/ðɛɹˈbaɪ/US/ðɛəˈbaɪ/UK

Etymology

From Middle English therby, from Old English ðǣrbig, equivalent to there + by. Compare the parallel formation of German dabei.

  1. inherited from ðǣrbig
  2. inherited from therby

Definitions

  1. By it

    By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.

    • I enrolled in Old English classes and thereby learned much about Germanic languages.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for thereby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA