Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WITH, prep. [Sax. with, near or against; Goth. ga-withan, to join. The primary sense is to press, or to meet, to unite; hence in composition, it denotes opposition, as in withstand and withdraw; hence against, Sax. wither, G. wider.]

1. By, noting cause, instrument or means. We are distressed with pain; we are elevated with joy. With study men became learned and respectable. Fire is extinguished with water.
2. On the side of, noting friendship or favor. Fear not, for I am with thee. – Gen. xxvi.
3. In opposition to; in competition or contest; as, to struggle with adversity. The champions fought with each other an hour. He will lie with any man living.
4. Noting comparison. The fact you mention compares well with another I have witnessed.
5. In company. The gentlemen traveled with me from Boston to Philadelphia.
6. In the society of. There is no living with such neighbors.
7. In connection, or in appendage. He gave me the Bible, and with it the warmest expressions of affection.
8. In mutual dealing or intercourse. I will buy with you, sell with you. – Shak.
9. Noting confidence. I will trust you with the secret.
10. In partnership. He shares the profits with the other partners. I will share with you the pleasures and the pains.
11. Noting connection. Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate. – Dryden.
12. Immediately after. With this he pointed to his face. – Dryden.
13. Among. I left the assembly with the last. Tragedy was originally with the ancients a piece of religious worship. – Rymer.
14. Upon. Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers. – Addison.
15. In consent, noting parity of state. See! where on earth the flow'ry glories lie / With her they flourish'd, and with her they die. – Pope. With and by are closely allied in many of their ones, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which their uses may be distinguished. It is observed by Johnson that with seems rather to denote an instrument, and by a cause; as, he killed an enemy with a sword, but he died by an arrow. But this rule is not always observed. With, in composition, signifies sometimes opposition, privation; or separation, departure.

WITH-AL, adv. [withaul'; with and all.]

1. With the rest; together with; likewise; at the same time. If you choose that, then I am yours withal. – Shak. How modest in exception, and withal / How terrible in constant resolution! – Shak.
2. It is sometimes used for with. But the word is not elegant, nor much used.

WITH'AM-ITE, n.

A mineral found in Scotland, of vitreous luster, and red or yellow color. It is allied to epidote. – Brewster.

WITH-DRAW', v.i.

To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place. We withdrew from the company a ten o'clock. She from her husband soft withdrew. – Milton.

WITH-DRAW', v.t. [with and draw.]

1. To take back; to take from. [With here has the sense of contrary; to withdraw is to draw the contrary way. See with.] It is impossible that God should withdraw his presence from any thing. – Hooker. We say, to withdraw capital from a bank or stock in trade, to withdraw aid or assistance.
2. To recall; to cause to retire or leave; to call back or away. France has withdrawn her troops from Spain.

WITH-DRAW'ING, ppr.

Taking back; recalling; retiring.

WITH-DRAW'ING-ROOM, n.

A room behind another room for retirement; a drawing-room. – Mortimer.

WITH-DRAW'MENT, or WITH-DRAW'AL, n.

The act of withdrawing or taking back; a recalling. – Ch. [Obs.] Their withdrawment from the British and Foreign Bible Society, would tend to paralyze their exertions. – Simeon.

WITH-DRAWN', pp. [of Withdraw.]

Recalled; taken back.

WITH'ED, a.

Bound with a with.

WITH'ER, v.i. [W. gwiz, dried, withered; gwizoni, to wither; Sax. gewitherod, withered; Ir. fothadh.]

1. To fade; to lose its native freshness; to become sapless; to dry. It shall wither in all the leaves of her spring. Ezek. xvii.
2. To waste; to pine away; as, animal bodies; as, a withered hand. Matth. xii.
3. To lose or want animal moisture. Now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave. – Dryden.

WITH'ER, v.t.

1. To cause to fade and become dry; as, the sun withereth the grass. James i.
2. To cause to shrink, wrinkle and decay, for want of animal moisture. Age can not wither her. – Shak.

WITH'ER-BAND, n. [withers and band.]

A piece of iron laid under a saddle near a horse's withers, to strengthen the bow. – Far. Dict.

WITH'ER-ED, pp.

Faded; dried; shrunk.

WITH'ER-ED-NESS, n.

The state of being withered.

WITH'ER-ING, ppr.

Fading; becoming dry.

WITH'ER-ING-LY, adv.

In a manner tending to wither, or cause to shrink.

WITH'ER-ITE, n.

In mineralogy, a carbonate of baryte, first discovered by Dr. Withering; rhomboidal baryte. It is white, gray, or yellow. – Ure. Cyc.

WITH'ER-NAM, n. [Sax. wither, against, and naman, to take.]

In withernam, in law, a second or reciprocal distress, in lieu of a first distress which has been eloigned; reprisal. – Blackstone.

WITH'ERS, n. [This seems to signify a joining, from the root of with.]

The juncture of the shoulder bones of a horse, at the bottom of the neck. – Far. Dict.

WITH'ER-WRUNG, a.

Injured or hurt in the withers, as, a horse. – Cyc.

WITH-HELD', v. [pret. and pp. of Withhold.]

WITH'-HOLD, v.t. [pret. and pp. withheld. with and hold.]

1. To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. Withhold – your hasty hand. – Spenser. If our passions may be withheld. – Kettlewell.
2. To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition. The sun does not withhold his light.

WITH-HOLD-EN, pp.

The old participle of withhold; now obsolete. We use withheld.

WITH-HOLD-ER, n.

One that withholds.