'With' definitions:

Definition of 'With'

From: GCIDE
  • With \With\, n. See Withe. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'With'

From: GCIDE
  • With \With\, prep. [OE. with, AS. wi? with, against; akin to AS. wi?er against, OFries. with, OS. wi?, wi?ar, D. weder, we[^e]r (in comp.), G. wider against, wieder gain, OHG. widar again, against, Icel. vi? against, with, by, at, Sw. vid at, by, Dan. ved, Goth. wipra against, Skr. vi asunder. Cf. Withdraw, Withers, Withstand.] With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like. It is used especially: [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against. [1913 Webster]
  • Thy servant will . . . fight with this Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 32. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In this sense, common in Old English, it is now obsolete except in a few compounds; as, withhold; withstand; and after the verbs fight, contend, struggle, and the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of. [1913 Webster]
  • I will buy with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Pity your own, or pity our estate, Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • See where on earth the flowery glories lie; With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
  • Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of. [1913 Webster]
  • Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee. --Gen. xxvi. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by. [1913 Webster]
  • That with these fowls I be all to-rent. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou wilt be like a lover presently, And tire the hearer with a book of words. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • [He] entertained a coffeehouse with the following narrative. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • With receiving your friends within and amusing them without, you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of it. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast. [1913 Webster]
  • Can blazing carbuncles with her compare. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. [1913 Webster]
  • With that she told me . . . that she would hide no truth from me. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
  • With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • With this he pointed to his face. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune. "A maid with clean hands." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: With and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which to distinguish their uses. See the Note under By. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'with'

From: GCIDE
  • Withe \Withe\ (?; 277), n. [OE. withe. ????. See Withy, n.] [Written also with.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A band consisting of a twig twisted. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Arch.) A partition between flues in a chimney. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'with'

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