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Thar(e)withall, Tharwithal, Thairwithal(l, adv. [ME and e.m.E. þar wit alle (Cursor M.), þer wyþal (Manning), ther with al (Chaucer), there with alle (Caxton), therewithal (c1570).]

1. With that thing as an instrument, with it. = Thar(e)with 1. 1375 Barb. iv 504.
The king … agayn his horn blew he … The thrid tym thar-with-all he blew … Schir Robert Boid it knew And said, ‘Ȝone is the king' a1400 Leg. S. xxvii 913.
He … tuk wattir … & thare-with all ennoyntit … the eyne of that blind man ?1438 Alex. i 716.
Thow sall haue … Ane hundreth pund of gold … And thair-with-al by the thow may Arming and hors of grit bounte

2. Thereupon, at that, then. = Thar(e)with 4. 1375 Barb. v 252 (C).
‘I grant,’ he said; and thar with all He lowtit, and his leyf has tane ?1438 Alex. i 1792.
Emynedus ane great shot can make Far by his feiris euerilkane And thairwithall he met with ane, The Admarall of Eskaloun a1500 Seven S. 467.
Than was he grevit and thair with all He sped him fast in to the hall a1500 Seven S. 1409.
Haf mercy scho said & thairwithall Scho grat and leit the teris fall 1513 Doug. iv ix 55.
This sayd, scho held hir tong; and tharwithall Hir vissage wolx als pail as ony wall 1513 Doug. vi vi 59.
He strekyt sone hys ayris, and grathis his saill, And tharwithall [Ruddim. tharwithal] the byg weghty Ene Within his veschell boddum ressavis he a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 32.
The queyne was then cum in Ingland to crave sik reasonable help as may be sparit and tharewithall had accusit hir adverser ennemeis 1611 Reg. Privy C. IX 209.
He … hoipit to sie his airmes riven at the Croce, that he micht dicht his ers thairwith; and thairwithall callit the said erll ane retrospitiane

b. In addition to that, along with that. = Thar(e)with 4 b. 1375 Barb. xii 243.
The powrest of ȝow sall be Bath rych and mychty thar-with-all c1400 Troy-bk. ii 1735.
The tempestis … Dowbled … the schippes … Draif in one heipe, dyngand on vthir … And tharwith all the fell fyre-flaucht Come frome the hewin … And of thare schippes brint mony ?1438 Alex. ii 8114.
I sall mak sik avow that sall Be wele auysit, and thare-with-all I sall mentene it with all my mane 1600-1610 Melvill 6.
The hous being endit, and I resident thairin, I becam mikle in deat, and my familie thairwithall to increase; … I fand my four hounder marks to com far schort, joyning thairwithall a grait part thairoff unpleasandlie peyit, and out of tyme

3. With or concerning that matter, etc. = Thar(e)with 5. c1420 Ratis R. 894.
Ches thé vysly syk a part … And hald the content thar-with-all c1475 Wall. iv 386.
Inglismen to drynkyn wald him call; And commownly he delt nocht thar withall

4. In consequence of that, as a result of that. = Thar(e)with 2. a1500 Rauf C. 151.
He leit gyrd to the king … And hit him vnder the eir with his richt hand, Quhill he stakkerit thair with all Half the breid of the hall 1611 6th Rep. Hist. MSS 694/1.
We haue directit this bearer … to speik with yow heiranent, and to let yow know what cours we wold haue followed heirin and will thairwithall desire yow to be a furtherar of our deseynes in this louit