with /ˈwɪð, ˈwɪθ, wəð, wəθ/
 和…一起,同;具有,帶有;用,以;對…,關於;隨著;雖然,儘管
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 With n. See Withe.
 With prep.  With denotes or expresses some situation or relation of nearness, proximity, association, connection, or the like.  It is used especially: --
 1. To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility; -- equivalent to against.
    Thy servant will . . . fight with this Philistine.   --1 Sam. xvii. 32.
 Note: ☞ In this sense, common in Old English, it is now obsolete except in a few compounds; as, withhold; withstand; and after the verbs fight, contend, struggle, and the like.
 2. To denote association in respect of situation or environment; hence, among; in the company of.
    I will buy with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.   --Shak.
 Pity your own, or pity our estate,
 Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate.   --Dryden.
 See where on earth the flowery glories lie;
 With her they flourished, and with her they die.   --Pope.
    There is no living with thee nor without thee.   --Tatler.
    Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers.   --Addison.
 3. To denote a connection of friendship, support, alliance, assistance, countenance, etc.; hence, on the side of.
    Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee.   --Gen. xxvi. 24.
 4. To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by.
    That with these fowls I be all to-rent.   --Chaucer.
 Thou wilt be like a lover presently,
 And tire the hearer with a book of words.   --Shak.
    [He] entertained a coffeehouse with the following narrative.   --Addison.
    With receiving your friends within and amusing them without, you lead a good, pleasant, bustling life of it.   --Goldsmith.
 5. To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contrast.
    Can blazing carbuncles with her compare.   --Sandys.
 6. To denote simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
    With that she told me . . . that she would hide no truth from me.   --Sir P. Sidney.
    With her they flourished, and with her they die.   --Pope.
    With this he pointed to his face.   --Dryden.
 7. To denote having as a possession or an appendage; as, the firmament with its stars; a bride with a large fortune.  “A maid with clean hands.”
 Note: ☞ With and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which to distinguish their uses.  See the Note under By.
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 Withe n.  [Written also with.]
 1. A flexible, slender twig or branch used as a band; a willow or osier twig; a withy.
 2. A band consisting of a twig twisted.
 3. Naut. An iron attachment on one end of a mast or boom, with a ring, through which another mast or boom is rigged out and secured; a wythe.
 4. Arch. A partition between flues in a chimney.