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where⋅with

[hwair-with, -with, wair-]
–adverb, conjunction
1. Literary. with which; by means of which.
2. Archaic.
a. with what?
b. because of which; by reason of which.
c. whereupon; at which.
–pronoun
3. Archaic. that by which; that with which.
–noun
4. Rare. wherewithal.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME wherwith. See where, with
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where·with   (hwâr'wĭth', -wĭth', wâr'-)   
pron.  The thing or things with which.
conj.  By means of which.
adv.   Obsolete
With what or which.
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