hereinadv.
/hɪərˈɪn/ 1. Here within, in here; in this place; in this passage, book, etc.; also, into this place.
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the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > here
herec825
hereinc1000
here-rightlOE
aplace1393
hereatc1540
'ere1837
yere1867
heah1927
the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > within > within here
hereinc1000
hereonc1000
α.
β. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 113 Þe king of blisse wile faren herin.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18434 Til adam..Be comen wit his folk here-in.1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. Q1 Of which this letter heerein closed shall beare sufficient testimony.1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 286 Heerin were many vaulted or arched walks hewn out of the Rock.1865 J. G. Wood Homes without Hands i. 20 The animal..scoops out a burrow..Herein it lies asleep all day.c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 312 Se ylca is herinne ðe giu ær ahredde ða gelyfedan cnihtas.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 214 Ame dogge..hwet wult þu nu herinne.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ix. 138 He resteth in my chamber here-ynne.
2. In this thing, matter, or case; in this fact, circumstance, or condition; in this particular.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
α.
β. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21396 A titel sagh he þar-on [sc. on the cross] li, ‘Her-in sal þou ha wictori’.1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xv. f. cxliiij Heare in is my father glorified.c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. L v Now Judge Coridon, yf here in be pleasour.a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 87 Heerein you warre against your reputation. View more context for this quotation1710 G. Berkeley Treat. Princ. Human Knowl. §59 Herein consists the knowledge of nature.1897 Leadam in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 153 He insists strongly that the king can be sued, herein opposing Bracton.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 11 Her in is religiun naut iþe wide hod.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2209 Wher moost sorwe is her Inne Ther wol I first amenden and bigynne.
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c1440 Ipomydon 1877 I am, he said, lorde of hereinne.
Compounds
herein above adv., herein after adv., herein before adv. = above, after, before, in this document, statute, etc. (cf. here adv. and n.2 Compounds 1), often written as one word.
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society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adverb] > in this document or writing, herein
within1387
hereunder1586
herein after1590
therein under1867
1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. B3 The citie of Ierusalem, where part of the olde Temple is yet standing..as herein after shall be shewed.
1687 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 101 All and singular the premises hereinbefore mentioned.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 281 The illustrations herein before attempted of several important Scripture doctrines.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. vi. ii. 404 The several species of makeshift evidence hereinabove brought to view.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xv. 328 In the way hereinafter prescribed.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. §115 The requisitions hereinbefore explained.
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