Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thereby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thereby \There*by"\, adv.
1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace;
thereby good shall come unto thee. --Job xxii.
21.
2. Annexed to that. ``Thereby hangs a tale.'' --Shak.
3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thereby
adv : by that means or because of that; "He knocked over the red
wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"
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