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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He looketh thereinto and seeth the knight, and speaketh unto him many times, but never the more willeth the knight to answer him.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
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 Sebastian Evans
The desire of the Convention of Estates, to quicken the proceedings of the Assembly, and the Assemblies Resolutions thereinto.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
Even so doth it fare with thy ships, for either are they already in the haven or enter thereinto with sails full set.”
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
On that side we kept at our first entry thereinto, trauayling not farre from the high mountaines we saw there.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt
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