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with /ˈwɪð, ˈwɪθ, wəð, wəθ/
和…一起,同;具有,帶有;用,以;對…,關於;隨著;雖然,儘管
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With prep. With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like. It is used especially: --
1. To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.
Thy servant will . . . fight with this Philistine. --1 Sam. xvii. 32.
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.
2. To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.
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.
Pity your own, or pity our estate,
Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate. --Dryden.
See where on earth the flowery glories lie;
With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope.
There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler.
Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers. --Addison.
3. To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.
Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee. --Gen. xxvi. 24.
4. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.
That with these fowls I be all to-rent. --Chaucer.
Thou wilt be like a lover presently,
And tire the hearer with a book of words. --Shak.
[He] entertained a coffeehouse with the following narrative. --Addison.
With receiving your friends within and amusing them without, you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of it. --Goldsmith.
5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
Can blazing carbuncles with her compare. --Sandys.
6. To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
With that she told me . . . that she would hide no truth from me. --Sir P. Sidney.
With her they flourished, and with her they die. --Pope.
With this he pointed to his face. --Dryden.
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.”
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.
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Withe n. [Written also with.]
1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
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.
4. Arch. A partition between flues in a chimney.