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Word Meanings - WHEREWITH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. With which; -- used relatively. The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John xvii. 26. 2. With what; -- used interrogatively. Wherewith shall I save Israel Judg. vi. 15.

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  • LOVAGE
    An umbelliferous plant , sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant. (more info) indigenous to Liguria, lovage, from Ligusticus Ligustine, Ligurian,
  • LOVING
    1. Affectionate. The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson. 2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
  • 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.
  • LOVERWISE
    As lovers do. As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.
  • LOVELILY
    In manner to excite love; amiably. Otway.
  • LOVELOCK
    A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Burton. A long lovelock and long hair he wore. Sir W. Scott.
  • LOVE-SICKNESS
    The state of being love-sick.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • RELATIVELY
    In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts.
  • SHALLOON
    A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff. In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift.
  • LOVABLE
    Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. Tennyson.
  • SHALLOW-BRAINED
    Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
  • ISRAELITIC; ISRAELITISH
    Of or pertaining to Israel, or to the Israelites; Jewish; Hebrew.
  • LOVE-SICK
    1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid. To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. Dryden. 2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love. Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. Dryden.
  • SHALLOW-WAISTED
    Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.
  • 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.
  • LOVELORN
    Forsaken by one's love. The lovelorn nightingale. Milton.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • LOVING-KINDNESS
    Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.
  • LOVINGNESS
    Affection; kind regard. The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness. Sir. P. Sidney.
  • SELF-LOVE
    The love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage. Shak. Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul. Pope. Syn. -- Selfishness. -- Self-love, Selfishness. The term self-love is used
  • CLOVEN
    from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
  • CLOVE
    imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch See under Hitch. -- Clove hook , an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.
  • SLOVENLINESS
    The quality or state of being slovenly.
  • LIGHT-O'-LOVE
    1. An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters. Nares. "Best sing it to the tune of light-o'-love." Shak. 2. Hence: A light or wanton woman. Beau. & Fl.
  • TRUELOVE
    A plant. See Paris. 3. An unexplained word occurring in Chaucer, meaning, perhaps, an aromatic sweetmeat for sweetening the breath. T. R. Lounsbury. Under his tongue a truelove he bore. Chaucer. Truelove knot, a complicated, involved knot that does
  • DRAWGLOVES
    An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.
  • CARLOVINGIAN
    Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.
  • SEA PLOVER
    the black-bellied plover.

 

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