therebyadv.

Brit.

/ˌðɛːˈbʌɪ/,

/ˈðɛːbʌɪ/,

/ðɛːˈbʌɪ/, U.S.

/ðɛrˈbaɪ/

Forms: see there adv. and by n.¹

Etymology: Old English þǽrbí, < þǽr, there adv. Compounds 1 + bí, by prep. and adv., by adj., by n.² Compare German dabei, Dutch daarbij.

1. By that; by means of, or because of, that; through that. Cf. by prep. 30 – 33, 36.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb]

thyeOE

therebyc897

theOE

thereforec1175

soa1200

hereforc1200

for that sakea1375

ipso facto1548

hence1571

argal1604

eo ipso1696

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by this or that means

there-midc888

therebyc897

herethroughc1175

therethroughc1175

therewith1297

herebyc1320

herewithalc1384

therewithal1490

herewith1560

c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care v. 42 gif he ðonne bearn ðærbig [v.r. -bie, Hatt. -bíg] gestriene.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 126 Feste..ane in wilderne for to schawe þer bi þet [etc.].

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 107 Þar-bi man mai hir helping kenn.

1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) iv. xxxviii. 63 Supposyng therby for to geten honoure and fame.

1551 T. Cranmer Let. 24 Nov. in J. Strype Mem. Cranmer (1694) App. 158 God shal therby be glorified.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. i vij Ye sall haiff yairby ye hicht of ye æquinoctiall lyne.

1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise Epist. sig. ★3^v Desyrous to ressaue thairbe, thair eternel felicitie in heauin.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 105 They cannot abide the sauour of oyntments but fall madde thereby.

1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 129 (heading) Of the Ten-foot Rod, and thereby to measure and describe the Ground-plot.

1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 93 The rooms were so full as to render our stay unpleasant, and we thereby lost an anatomy lecture.

1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign vi. 146 For fear of having my attention distracted..and of my thereby losing my bearings.

a. Beside, adjacent to, or near that. (In quot. c1220, Up against that.) Now archaic and dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > near that place

there-nigh971

therenextOE

therebyc1220

therebesidea1250

therebesides1470

c1220 Bestiary 634 A tre he sekeð..ðat is strong..and leneð him..ðer bi.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3361 It was a stede henden ðor-bi, On a syde of munt synay.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13765 Þarbi lai many man vnfere.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 151 Ȝondir is the Holi Goost and therbi is Marie with Seint Peter.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3915 He duelt in a place þare by.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S5^v A couetous Spright.. Who thereby did attend.

1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie i. i. 23 The twelve fountaines of Elim, and the seventy Palmes that grew thereby.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 103 At the Foot of a Tree thereby.

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids Proem 2 Fields that are thereby.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Nif I baint there, you'll vind me thereby.

b. With verbs of motion, in sense of by prep. 16.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15634 Quer i sal þis calice drinc, or i sal pass þar-bi.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi Whan my glory shall passe therby, thou shalt se my hynder partes.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. iv. 21 The tales of Scylla and Charibdis, which made men beleeve in sailing thereby that they heard the continuall barking of doggs.

c. to come thereby = to ‘come by’ or get possession of that: see to come by —— 1 at come v. Phrasal verbs 2 and to come by at by prep. 15.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)]

findOE

covera1375

to come therebyc1386

obtain1477

get?1505

draw1755

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 128 Whan that he saugh he myghte nat come therby This is to seye what wommen loue moost.

c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8591 The ring..I may not come therbi.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 27 I traist eternall glore to se; Christ grant that I may cum thairby.

†3. Besides, together with, or in addition to that.

ΚΠ

a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxxii. 524 Wȝuche ben þe seuen synnes dedly, And þe seuen vertuwes þerby.

14.. Tundale's Vis. 803 All ȝif god be fulle of mercye, Ryghtwysnesse behoves go þer by.

?a1500 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 388 That he would revive them sone in hye, With flesh and Sinew and Skynn therby, Which sone he can them geue.

4. In reference to a number or quantity: Very nearly so; somewhere about that; = thereabouts adv. 2a, 2b. Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]

somec888

aboutOE

thereabouts1413

thereabout1534

thereby1563

nearabout1567

thereupona1676

thereaway1815

nearabouts1834

somewheres1859

let us say1863

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xiv. 1568 A thousande and thre hundyr ȝhere Nynti and v. or þar by nere.]

1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 245 To the nowmer of fourtie personis or thairby.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 82 At xij houris at evin or thairby.

c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 111 Thair were takin preasoners nyne score and ten gentillmen or thareby.

1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 271 The spurious paper..dully written, two years or thereby after Mr. Henderson's death.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 261 There was one maiden of fifteen, or thereby.

1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) Pref. 8 It is my intention..to print half-a-dozen or thereby of small books.

†5.

a. With reference thereto; apropos of that; thereanent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 244 Aday [= by day] þu art blynd oþer bisne, Þar by men seggeþ a vorbisne.

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3999 Seynt Gregory telleþ a tale þar by.

b. thereby hangs a tale: see thereby hangs a tale at tale n. 3a.

†6. In accordance with that. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly

thereafterc1175

likec1425

accordantlyc1443

thereby1512

pursuantly1530

agreeable1549

pursuant1659

accordingly1688

whereby1918

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 19 Preamble The seid Frensche kyng..the Decree of the enterdiccion dispysyng will not therby reforme himself.

7. quasi-adj. Consequent.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 262 The chiefest Knowledg that we get, is that of our thereby guilt and misery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	thereby
释义	therebyadv. Brit. /ˌðɛːˈbʌɪ/, /ˈðɛːbʌɪ/, /ðɛːˈbʌɪ/, U.S. /ðɛrˈbaɪ/ Forms: see there adv. and by n.¹ Etymology: Old English þǽrbí, < þǽr, there adv. Compounds 1 + bí, by prep. and adv., by adj., by n.² Compare German dabei, Dutch daarbij. 1. By that; by means of, or because of, that; through that. Cf. by prep. 30 – 33, 36. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] thyeOE therebyc897 theOE thereforec1175 soa1200 hereforc1200 for that sakea1375 ipso facto1548 hence1571 argal1604 eo ipso1696 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adverb] > by this or that means there-midc888 therebyc897 herethroughc1175 therethroughc1175 therewith1297 herebyc1320 herewithalc1384 therewithal1490 herewith1560 c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care v. 42 gif he ðonne bearn ðærbig [v.r. -bie, Hatt. -bíg] gestriene. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 126 Feste..ane in wilderne for to schawe þer bi þet [etc.]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 107 Þar-bi man mai hir helping kenn. 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) iv. xxxviii. 63 Supposyng therby for to geten honoure and fame. 1551 T. Cranmer Let. 24 Nov. in J. Strype Mem. Cranmer (1694) App. 158 God shal therby be glorified. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. i vij Ye sall haiff yairby ye hicht of ye æquinoctiall lyne. 1600 J. Hamilton Facile Traictise Epist. sig. ★3^v Desyrous to ressaue thairbe, thair eternel felicitie in heauin. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 105 They cannot abide the sauour of oyntments but fall madde thereby. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vii. 129 (heading) Of the Ten-foot Rod, and thereby to measure and describe the Ground-plot. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 93 The rooms were so full as to render our stay unpleasant, and we thereby lost an anatomy lecture. 1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign vi. 146 For fear of having my attention distracted..and of my thereby losing my bearings. 2. a. Beside, adjacent to, or near that. (In quot. c1220, Up against that.) Now archaic and dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > near that place there-nigh971 therenextOE therebyc1220 therebesidea1250 therebesides1470 c1220 Bestiary 634 A tre he sekeð..ðat is strong..and leneð him..ðer bi. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3361 It was a stede henden ðor-bi, On a syde of munt synay. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13765 Þarbi lai many man vnfere. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 151 Ȝondir is the Holi Goost and therbi is Marie with Seint Peter. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 3915 He duelt in a place þare by. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S5^v A couetous Spright.. Who thereby did attend. 1642 P. Heylyn Hist. Episcopacie i. i. 23 The twelve fountaines of Elim, and the seventy Palmes that grew thereby. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 103 At the Foot of a Tree thereby. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids Proem 2 Fields that are thereby. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Nif I baint there, you'll vind me thereby. b. With verbs of motion, in sense of by prep. 16. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15634 Quer i sal þis calice drinc, or i sal pass þar-bi. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bi Whan my glory shall passe therby, thou shalt se my hynder partes. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. iv. 21 The tales of Scylla and Charibdis, which made men beleeve in sailing thereby that they heard the continuall barking of doggs. c. to come thereby = to ‘come by’ or get possession of that: see to come by —— 1 at come v. Phrasal verbs 2 and to come by at by prep. 15. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)] findOE covera1375 to come therebyc1386 obtain1477 get?1505 draw1755 c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 128 Whan that he saugh he myghte nat come therby This is to seye what wommen loue moost. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8591 The ring..I may not come therbi. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 27 I traist eternall glore to se; Christ grant that I may cum thairby. †3. Besides, together with, or in addition to that. ΚΠ a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxxii. 524 Wȝuche ben þe seuen synnes dedly, And þe seuen vertuwes þerby. 14.. Tundale's Vis. 803 All ȝif god be fulle of mercye, Ryghtwysnesse behoves go þer by. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 388 That he would revive them sone in hye, With flesh and Sinew and Skynn therby, Which sone he can them geue. 4. In reference to a number or quantity: Very nearly so; somewhere about that; = thereabouts adv. 2a, 2b. Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xiv. 1568 A thousande and thre hundyr ȝhere Nynti and v. or þar by nere.] 1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 245 To the nowmer of fourtie personis or thairby. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 82 At xij houris at evin or thairby. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 111 Thair were takin preasoners nyne score and ten gentillmen or thareby. 1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 271 The spurious paper..dully written, two years or thereby after Mr. Henderson's death. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. x. 261 There was one maiden of fifteen, or thereby. 1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) Pref. 8 It is my intention..to print half-a-dozen or thereby of small books. †5. a. With reference thereto; apropos of that; thereanent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 a1250 Owl & Nightingale 244 Aday [= by day] þu art blynd oþer bisne, Þar by men seggeþ a vorbisne. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3999 Seynt Gregory telleþ a tale þar by. b. thereby hangs a tale: see thereby hangs a tale at tale n. 3a. †6. In accordance with that. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > conformably or accordingly thereafterc1175 likec1425 likec1425 accordantlyc1443 thereby1512 pursuantly1530 agreeable1549 pursuant1659 accordingly1688 whereby1918 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 19 Preamble The seid Frensche kyng..the Decree of the enterdiccion dispysyng will not therby reforme himself. 7. quasi-adj. Consequent.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 262 The chiefest Knowledg that we get, is that of our thereby guilt and misery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c897
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