hereby

hereby
hereby, herewith
These two formal words are the strongest survivors of a group of words that also includes herein, hereof, hereto, heretofore, and hereunder, and even they are restricted to the contexts of legal and business correspondence or to humorous imitations of them: I hereby promise never to smoke again / Herewith I enclose a cheque to cover my subscription. The other words are mainly confined to legal language and are rapidly being forced out in the interests of plain English.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • Hereby — Here*by , adv. 1. By means of this. [1913 Webster] And hereby we do know that we know him. 1 John ii. 3. [1913 Webster] 2. Close by; very near. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hereby — adverb by means of, by the aid of, by virtue of, through, through the medium of, whereby Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hereby — mid 13c., from HERE (Cf. here) + BY (Cf. by). Cf. Du. hierbij, Ger. hierbei …   Etymology dictionary

  • hereby — ► ADVERB formal ▪ as a result of this …   English terms dictionary

  • hereby — [hir bī′, hir′bī′] adv. 1. by or through this; by this means 2. obs. var. of HEREABOUT …   English World dictionary

  • hereby — [[t]hɪ͟ə(r)ba͟ɪ[/t]] ADV: ADV before v You use hereby when officially or formally saying what you are doing. [FORMAL] I hereby sentence you for life after all the charges against you have been proven true... You are hereby appointed Sub… …   English dictionary

  • hereby — /hear buy , hear buy /, adv. 1. by this, or the present, declaration, action, document, etc.; by means of this; as a result of this: I hereby resign as president of the class. 2. Obs. nearby. [1200 50; ME. See HERE, BY] * * * …   Universalium

  • hereby — adverb /hɪrˈbaɪ/ By this means, action or process. I hereby declare you husband and wife …   Wiktionary

  • hereby — adv. Hereby is used with these verbs: ↑acknowledge, ↑declare, ↑grant, ↑proclaim, ↑sentence …   Collocations dictionary

  • hereby — here|by [ˌhıəˈbaı, ˈhıəbaı US ˌhır ,ˈhır ] adv law as a result of this statement used in official situations ▪ I hereby agree to the conditions of this contract …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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