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 durst no longer abide his blows, but rather he turneth him full speed toward his galley, and leapeth thereinto forthwith.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
And they sat at the head of that valley and they gazed down for some while thereinto, and they beheld that valley with great joy because it was so fair and fruitful.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
The knight entered thereinto and put out to sea as he had wont to do.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Vesper and Vacuum dipped their beaks thereinto and having kissed the pool's face, threw up their heads and drank to the health of Cove Fall and its people.
From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry Christopher McCook
And as he passed thereinto he heard one crying with a high voice and a sound so mighty that its volume resounded in his ears.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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