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 hath scarce gone thereinto or ever he hath overtaken the Damsel of the Car, that made full great joy of him.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Fair uncle," saith Perceval, "Thither will I go, sith that you commend it to me, for no reason is it that he should have the castle that hath entered thereinto.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
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
Thus was Pseudopolis left empty, so that the Philistines entered thereinto without any opposition.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
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 M. N. Olmsted
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