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thereout

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11
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11
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ðɛəɹˈaʊt/

Definition of thereout

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)Out of it, out from it.
    “Claius presently went to a Fisherman, & having agreed with him, and provided some apparrell for the naked stranger, he imbarked, and the Shepheards with him: and were no sooner gone beyond the mouth of the haven, but that some way into the sea they might discerne (as it were) a stayne of the waters colour, and by times some sparkes and smoke mounting thereout.”
    “Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.”
    “"Keep thy money, man, and gi's thy hand," says he, and they shake hands; but the old gamester gives the new hat to the shepherd, and, soon after, the half-sovereign to Willum, who thereout decorates his sweetheart with ribbons to his heart's content.”
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adv

  1. (archaic, not-comparable)Out of it, out from it.
    “Claius presently went to a Fisherman, & having agreed with him, and provided some apparrell for the naked stranger, he imbarked, and the Shepheards with him: and were no sooner gone beyond the mouth of the haven, but that some way into the sea they might discerne (as it were) a stayne of the waters colour, and by times some sparkes and smoke mounting thereout.”
    “Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.”
    “"Keep thy money, man, and gi's thy hand," says he, and they shake hands; but the old gamester gives the new hat to the shepherd, and, soon after, the half-sovereign to Willum, who thereout decorates his sweetheart with ribbons to his heart's content.”
  2. (not-comparable, obsolete)outside; outdoors

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Etymology

From Middle English ther-oute, þer-out, þar-out, þeroute, from Old English þǣrūt and þǣrūte, equivalent to there + out. Compare Saterland Frisian deeruut, Dutch daaruit, German Low German daarut, German daraus.

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