thereinadv.
/ðɛːrˈɪn/ Now formal, archaic, or dialect.† 5. = thereon adv. 2: cf. in prep. 36. Obsolete.† 6. As relative.adv.: In which; into which; = wherein adv. Obsolete.
1.
a. In that place or (material) thing.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > within > within there
thereinnec897
thereonc897
thereina1000
therewithinc1200
therebenc1500
thereintill1507
a1000 Boeth. Metr. xi. 4 Wealdend..heofones & eorðan..& ealra ðara þe ðærin wuniað.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. xxvi Þerin is a maner kinde of beestes Dolphyns wiþ rugge itoþed as a sawe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15895 A knaun freind he had þare-in [Gött. þar-ine, Trin. Cambr. þerin].
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 789 Þai sailed þar in merualously.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxiv. 2 The compasse of the worlde, and all yt dwell therin.
1676 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 123 If you have observed any errors or mistakes therein.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 688 The universe, and the things that are and move therein.
1911 Act 1 Geo. V, c. 1 Sched. (Paisley Corp. Order Confirm. Act) The late Robert Brodie..by his trust disposition..conveyed his entire property to trustees therein named.
b. In or during that time.
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the world > time > [adverb] > during or in the course of (a certain time)
asOE
in the meantime of1447
wherein1535
therein1539
for long, for a or the time1564
in the course of1653
inside of1839
1539 Bible (Great) Exod. xxxi. 14 Kepe my Sabbath..whosoeuer worketh therin, the same soule shalbe roted out from amonge hys people.
2. In that affair or matter; in that thing, circumstance, or particular.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [adverb]
thereinc1230
whereabout13..
whereabouts1540
thereinto1581
c1230 Hali Meid. 3 Maken þe to þenchen hwuch delit were þrin.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13759 Lok þi will bi noght þar-in.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiiv That..ye neuer..be besy to attempte any persone therin.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 83 Therein we do find no fault.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 130 All perdition had the beginning thairin [in pride].
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 2nd Pt. iv. sig. H2 Thou therein hadst much hyperboliz'd.
1882 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VI. Ps. cxix. 17 The more will he be driven towards God for help therein.
3. Scottish. Inside, in the house, within doors.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > [adverb] > indoors
within-door1579
within doors1581
indoors1813
therein1822
indoor1884
in-a-door1932
1822 J. Hogg Three Perils of Man III. vii. 202 Bessy Chisholm—Heh! Are ye therein?
1828 P. Buchan Anc. Ballads & Songs N. Scotl. I. 113 If ye'll work therein as we thereout, Well borrow'd shou'd your body be.
4. Into that place or (material) thing.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in inward direction or towards interior > into that place
thereina1240
a1240 Sawles Warde in Cott. Hom. 263 Þu most al gan þrin ant al beon bigotten þrin, for in þe ne mei hit nanesweis neomen in.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xviii. 65 Somtyme grauel and powder falleth therin.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8852 Þair-in [Trin. Cambr. þerynne] þan was þair relikes don.
1526 R. Whitford tr. Martiloge 135 b Than made they a grete fyre..and cast therin pytche and rosyne.
1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 85 Smell to a Spunge dipt therein.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards that place or direction > onto that or which
whereona1300
thereonc1315
therein1535
thereto1892
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xxxi. 4 Then toke Saul ye swerde, and fell therin. [Cf. Ger. (Luther) fiel darein; L. super eum; next verse has vpon his swerde.]
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > [adverb]
therein971
thereonc1000
thereintoa1400
971 Blickl. Hom. 73 He wæs on Simones huse..þærin geat þæt wif þa deorwyrþan smerenesse on his heafod.
13.. Cast. Love (Halliw.) 56 This castel Marie bodi wes, Therin he alyght and his in ches [chose his inn].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 396 In þe heiest element of all, þar in þe fire has his stall.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 167 The Seete therin as he was woned to sitte.
Compounds
(Usually written as single words: cf. herein after adv. at herein adv. Compounds, etc.)
therein ˈafter adv. = therein under adj.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > below or hereafter (in a later part of a book, etc.)
hereafterc900
aftereOE
innermorea1387
under1389
underneath1389
hereunder1425
below1645
beneath1668
post1688
infra1740
overleaf1742
therein after1818
over1893
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) II. 276 Upon trust to preserve the contingent remainders thereinafter limited.
therein beˈfore adv. = therein under adj.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [adverb] > mentioned above or previously
herebefore805
abovelOE
overc1485
supra1616
ante1688
therein before1827
hereabove1892
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 105 A general residuary devise of real and personal estate not thereinbefore disposed of.
therein ˈunder adj. = after, before, below in that document, statute, etc.
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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
1867 Macmillan's Mag. Sept. 378/1 He gave ‘mental work’ as one heading, but declined to make an entry thereinunder.
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