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# thereto

«thereto» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **to it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

to it

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

To that or to it, meaning something already mentioned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereto/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Still used in formal and legal writing but not in speech, where we say "to it."

### examples

- And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereto/#x1)
- Furthermore, the king bestowed on Jack a noble castle, with a very beautiful estate thereto belonging, where he and his lady lived in great joy and happiness all the rest of their days. (English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereto/#x2)
- And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. (Torah EXO.25.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereto/#x3)

### primary record

thereto

### tests

rate: sense (≥3 uses in the Torah, ≥10× EWT there, Wiktionary: an archaic sense); corpora 12 (Torah 9, tales 3, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.4 (Torah alone 21.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.724/)
- [And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1133/)
- [By taking heed thereto according to Thy word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2172/)
- [The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and toil addeth nothing thereto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.280/)
- [A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.548/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thereto» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/T/thereto/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.