thereinto
Americanadverb
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into that place or thing.
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into that matter, circumstance, etc.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of thereinto
First recorded in 1250–1300, thereinto is from Middle English thar into. See there, into
Example Sentences
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Thereon, lo you, two damsels that issue forth of a chapel, whereof the one holdeth in her hands the most Holy Graal, and the other the Lance whereof the point bleedeth thereinto.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
And on the other side was the castle so fast enclosed about that nought might enter thereinto.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian
Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains: and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by Olmsted, M. N.
Akira must don fresh white tabi and put on hakama before going into the august presence: no one may enter thereinto without hakama.
From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series by Hearn, Lafcadio
Fauvette, Valentine, and Katherine were duly informed of the existence of the new society and their initiation thereinto.
From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol
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