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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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 Sebastian Evans
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 Lafcadio Hearn
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
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
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
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