hereby

[heer-bahy, heer-bahy]

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adverb

by this, or the present, declaration, action, document, etc.; by means of this; as a result of this: I hereby resign as president of the class.
Obsolete. nearby.

Origin of hereby

1200–50; Middle English. See here, by¹

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Examples from the Web for hereby

Contemporary Examples

All interested parties are hereby invited to dance on his grave.
Superman Is Jewish: The Hebrew Roots of America's Greatest Superhero
Rich Goldstein
August 16, 2014
Unless I disagree with you, then I hereby disinvite you from all that fullest-life-living-unknown-embracing-growing stuff.
Class of 2014, Prepare to Be Powerless
Kevin Bleyer
May 24, 2014
I hereby call on all Republicans involved in any voter suppression efforts to cease and desist immediately.
Four Things Reince Priebus Could Say That Would Matter
Michael Tomasky
March 19, 2013
I hereby present Deepak Chopra the Award for Innovation in Humblebragging.
12 Best Humblebrag Tweets: Harris Wittels on Lena Dunham, George Clooney & More
Harris Wittels
September 28, 2012
These seven steps should hereby be referred to as the Letterman Approach.
Weiner Should’ve Taken the Letterman Approach
Tricia Romano
June 13, 2011

Historical Examples

You are hereby cautioned that anything you say may be used against you.
Within the Law
Marvin Dana
By the seventh article the United States solemnly guaranty to the Cherokee nation all their lands not hereby ceded.
Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, at January Term, 1832, Delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in the Case of Samuel A. Worcester, Plaintiff in Error, versus the State of Georgia
John Marshall
Not one of you has any right in this palace, and I hereby order you out.'
John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein
Frank R. Stockton
What a light was hereby thrown upon every controversy in the Church!
Apologia Pro Vita Sua
John Henry Cardinal Newman
I do hereby, declare My Slave Bob, to be forever free from and after this date.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918
Various

British Dictionary definitions for hereby

hereby

adverb

(used in official statements, proclamations, etc) by means of or as a result of this
archaic nearby

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Word Origin and History for hereby

mid-13c., from here + by. Cf. Dutch hierbij, German hierbei.

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Examples from the Web for hereby

Contemporary Examples

All interested parties are hereby invited to dance on his grave.

Unless I disagree with you, then I hereby disinvite you from all that fullest-life-living-unknown-embracing-growing stuff.

I hereby call on all Republicans involved in any voter suppression efforts to cease and desist immediately.

I hereby present Deepak Chopra the Award for Innovation in Humblebragging.

These seven steps should hereby be referred to as the Letterman Approach.

Historical Examples

You are hereby cautioned that anything you say may be used against you.

By the seventh article the United States solemnly guaranty to the Cherokee nation all their lands not hereby ceded.

Not one of you has any right in this palace, and I hereby order you out.'

What a light was hereby thrown upon every controversy in the Church!

I do hereby, declare My Slave Bob, to be forever free from and after this date.

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Word Origin and History for hereby

Origin of hereby