Word Meanings - THEREBY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Job xxii. 21. 2. Annexed to that. "Thereby hangs a tale." Shak. 3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.

Additional info about word: THEREBY

1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Job xxii. 21. 2. Annexed to that. "Thereby hangs a tale." Shak. 3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to THEREBY)

• ANNEX
  to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson. 2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. He
• SHALLOP
  A boat. thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser. Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails.
• NUMBERFUL
  Numerous.
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• ACQUAINTANCE
  1. A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him. Contract
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• ACQUAINTED
  Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t.
• PEACEBREAKER
  One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
• ANNEXATION
  1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold. The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture.
• SHALLOON
  A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff. In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift.
• CONSEQUENCE
  A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. 3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton. Link follows
• SHALLOW-BRAINED
  Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• SHALLOW-WAISTED
  Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.
• ANNEXATIONIST
  One who favors annexation.
• SHALLOW
  schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjalgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton. 2. Not deep in tone.
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• ACQUAINTEDNESS
  State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance. Boyle.
• INCONSEQUENCE
  The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• DISACQUAINT
  To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.
• INACQUAINTANCE
  Want of acquaintance. Good.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
• PREACQUAINTANCE
  Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris.
• PREACQUAINT
  To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.