WHEREWITHAL

wherewithal

(noun) the necessary means (especially financial means)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wherewithal (countable and uncountable, plural wherewithals)

The ability and means required to accomplish some task.

Adverb

wherewithal (not comparable)

(archaic) In what way; how.

Source: Wiktionary


Where`with*al", adv. & n.

Definition: Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed" Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9. [The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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