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thereout - What does it mean?

Definition of 'thereout'

English

Adverb

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  • (obsolete) Out of it, out from it.
  • * {{quote-book
  • |year=1590 |author= |title= |passage=Claius presently went to a Fisherman, & having agreed with him, and provided some apparrell for the naked stranger, he imbarked, and the Shepheards with him: and were no sooner gone beyond the mouth of the haven, but that some way into the sea they might discerne (as it were) a stayne of the waters colour, and by times some sparkes and smoke mounting thereout .}}
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  • |year=1895 |author= |title= |page=38 |passage="Keep thy money, man, and gi's thy hand," says he, and they shake hands; but the old gamester gives the new hat to the shepherd, and, soon after, the half-sovereign to Willum, who thereout decorates his sweetheart with ribbons to his heart's content.}}
  • (obsolete) outside; outdoors
  • (Chaucer)

    Synonyms

    * (out from it) therefrom

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'thereout'

    thereat, terawatt, thiuret, toywort, thruout, throwout