theretoadv.

/ðɛːˈtuː//ˈðɛːtʊ/

Etymology: Old English þǽr tó , þǽrtó : see there adv. Compounds 1 and to prep.

Now formal or archaic.

To that (or those things), to it (or them).

1. To that place, thing, affair, etc. in various senses of to prep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards that place or direction

thitherwardsc888

thitherwardc893

thitherc897

therea900

yondc975

theretoc1000

theretowarda1225

yonderc1300

thereuntilla1400

thitherways1630

thitherto1662

thataway1839

thereward1922

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > towards that place

thitherwardsc888

thitherwardc893

therea900

thithera900

theretoc1000

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

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

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 378 Þæt he us gebringe to his ecan gebeorscipe, seðe þurh his to-cyme us ðærto gelaðode.

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxv. 227 Mathathias..ofsloh..þæs cynincges ðegn þe hine ðær to neadode.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 5 Hwase nimeð þing on hond & hit bihat..to donne ha bint hire þer to.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 103 His nest..þar to þu stele in o day & leydest þar on þi fule ey.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 178 Moyses and meny mo mercy shullen synge; And I shal daunce þer to.

c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 40 Smell also therto in cas it stynke.

1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 275 Where he þat is worthy is callid therto.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 Ne to put more þer to, ne to draw þer fro.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 247 Nere therto there was a lytell wode.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 36 Such as have byn long usyd therto.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xliv. 15 He maketh it a grauen image, and falleth downe thereto .

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xxxviii. 72 The edge of the disc will be perpendicular thereto.

1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 16 749/2 All circumstances of the provocation thereto being dispassionately considered.

1892 Law Times Rep. 65 582/1 The posts..are fixed thereto by iron dogs and dowels.

2. With words denoting pertinence, suitability, etc., expressed or implied: (Belonging, pertinent, suitable, needful) to that matter or thing; (according) therewith; for that matter, purpose, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > suitable to that thing or matter

theretoc1000

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 494 On oðre healfe stod ðæs monan cræt..and ða oxan ðærto.

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxix. 129 Ures hælendes gerip mænig-feald is..and feawa wyrhtan þæ r-to.

c1305 St. Andrew 33 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 99 Hou miȝte hit beo, þat his wille were þerto?

c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 6 His hert was mych there-to.

1454 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 133 My bed of grene sylke, wiþ the testour & Canape ther-to.

c1485 Digby Myst. i. 24 If our cunnyng be ther-too.

1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 86 Hauynge tyme therto.

1556 Aberdeen Regr. (1848) I. 294 All materiallis neidfull therto.

1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §4 Preparation for Warre, Exercises thereto.

1748 G. White Serm. (MS.) Nothing more is needful thereto.

1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 45 Now for the means thereto.

3. Added to that, in addition to that; besides, also, moreover. Now archaic and poetic.

ΚΠ

a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. xiv. [xvii.] 202 Nowiht agnes..butan his cyricean and þær to feower æceras.

c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. (Gr.) 14 Ic gesett hæbbe..wel feowertig larspella on Engliscum gereorde and sumne eacan þær to.

a1121 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1102 Se eorl Rotbert..hæfde þone eorldom her on lande on Scrobbesbyrig..& micel rice þær to.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 67 His apostles..and monie oðre þere to.

c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 353.

c1386 G. Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 11.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 153 A Prioresse..Hir mouth ful smal, and ther to softe and reed.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour 103 To falle from richesse into lowe astate, and thereto pouerte.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 183 Man reasoneth and discourseth because he is Man; and were he thereto vnchangeable, he were a God.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xlvi. 157 Thereto of substance strange, so thinne and slight.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xlix, in Poems (new ed.) II. 76 I would have paid her kiss for kiss With usury thereto.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 200 As Cromius and Nestor,..And thereto the glorious Pero.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	thereto
释义	theretoadv. /ðɛːˈtuː//ˈðɛːtʊ/ Etymology: Old English þǽr tó , þǽrtó : see there adv. Compounds 1 and to prep. Now formal or archaic. To that (or those things), to it (or them). 1. To that place, thing, affair, etc. in various senses of to prep. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards that place or direction thitherwardsc888 thitherwardc893 thitherc897 therea900 yondc975 theretoc1000 theretowarda1225 yonderc1300 thereuntilla1400 thitherways1630 thitherto1662 thataway1839 thereward1922 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [adverb] > towards that place thitherwardsc888 thitherwardc893 therea900 thithera900 theretoc1000 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 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 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 378 Þæt he us gebringe to his ecan gebeorscipe, seðe þurh his to-cyme us ðærto gelaðode. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxv. 227 Mathathias..ofsloh..þæs cynincges ðegn þe hine ðær to neadode. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 5 Hwase nimeð þing on hond & hit bihat..to donne ha bint hire þer to. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 103 His nest..þar to þu stele in o day & leydest þar on þi fule ey. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 178 Moyses and meny mo mercy shullen synge; And I shal daunce þer to. c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 40 Smell also therto in cas it stynke. 1445 tr. Claudian's De Consulatu Stilichonis in Anglia (1905) 28 275 Where he þat is worthy is callid therto. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 34 Ne to put more þer to, ne to draw þer fro. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi. 247 Nere therto there was a lytell wode. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 36 Such as have byn long usyd therto. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. xliv. 15 He maketh it a grauen image, and falleth downe thereto . View more context for this quotation 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xxxviii. 72 The edge of the disc will be perpendicular thereto. 1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 16 749/2 All circumstances of the provocation thereto being dispassionately considered. 1892 Law Times Rep. 65 582/1 The posts..are fixed thereto by iron dogs and dowels. 2. With words denoting pertinence, suitability, etc., expressed or implied: (Belonging, pertinent, suitable, needful) to that matter or thing; (according) therewith; for that matter, purpose, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > suitable to that thing or matter theretoc1000 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 494 On oðre healfe stod ðæs monan cræt..and ða oxan ðærto. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxix. 129 Ures hælendes gerip mænig-feald is..and feawa wyrhtan þæ r-to. c1305 St. Andrew 33 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 99 Hou miȝte hit beo, þat his wille were þerto? c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. 6 His hert was mych there-to. 1454 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 133 My bed of grene sylke, wiþ the testour & Canape ther-to. c1485 Digby Myst. i. 24 If our cunnyng be ther-too. 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 86 Hauynge tyme therto. 1556 Aberdeen Regr. (1848) I. 294 All materiallis neidfull therto. 1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §4 Preparation for Warre, Exercises thereto. 1748 G. White Serm. (MS.) Nothing more is needful thereto. 1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 45 Now for the means thereto. 3. Added to that, in addition to that; besides, also, moreover. Now archaic and poetic. ΚΠ a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iii. xiv. [xvii.] 202 Nowiht agnes..butan his cyricean and þær to feower æceras. c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. (Gr.) 14 Ic gesett hæbbe..wel feowertig larspella on Engliscum gereorde and sumne eacan þær to. a1121 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1102 Se eorl Rotbert..hæfde þone eorldom her on lande on Scrobbesbyrig..& micel rice þær to. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 67 His apostles..and monie oðre þere to. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 353. c1386 G. Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 11. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 153 A Prioresse..Hir mouth ful smal, and ther to softe and reed. a1450 Knt. de la Tour 103 To falle from richesse into lowe astate, and thereto pouerte. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 183 Man reasoneth and discourseth because he is Man; and were he thereto vnchangeable, he were a God. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xi. xlvi. 157 Thereto of substance strange, so thinne and slight. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Talking Oak xlix, in Poems (new ed.) II. 76 I would have paid her kiss for kiss With usury thereto. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 200 As Cromius and Nestor,..And thereto the glorious Pero. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a900
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