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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. by that means or because of that;
- Example: "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thereby \There*by"\, adv.
   1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that.
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            Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace;
            thereby good shall come unto thee.    --Job xxii.
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   2. Annexed to that. "Thereby hangs a tale." --Shak.
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   3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thereby
    adv 1: by that means or because of that; "He knocked over the
           red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"