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Meaning of WHEREWITHAL

Pronunciation:  'wehrwidh`ol

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the necessary means (especially financial means)
  2. [adv]  out of, or by means of which; "tools wherewith to scrape the windshield of my car"
 
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 Synonyms: wherewith
 
 See Also: means, substance

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Where`with*al"\, adv. & n.
Wherewith. ``Wherewithal shall we be clothed?'' --Matt. vi.
31.
      Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? --Ps.
                                               cxix. 9.
      [The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New
      Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. --Milton.
 

 

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