hereby

English

Alternative forms

• heereby (obsolete), see heere

Etymology

From here +‎ by.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪəˈbʌɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɪɹˈbaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Adverb

hereby (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […].

2. (formal) By this means, action or process.

   I hereby declare you husband and wife.

Translations

formal phrase

• Bulgarian: с това (s tova), по този начин (po tozi način)
• Czech: tímto (cs)
• Danish: hermed
• Dutch: hierdoor (nl), hierbij (nl)
• Esperanto: perjene, per la jeno
• Finnish: täten (fi)
• French: par la présente
• Georgian: ამიტომ (amiṭom)
• German: hiermit (de), hierdurch (de), hierbei (de)
• Hindi: एतद्द्वारा (etaddvārā)
• Hungarian: ezáltal (hu), ezúton (hu), ezennel (hu)
• Icelandic: hérmeð
• Italian: per questo, dunque (it)
• Polish: niniejszym (pl)
• Portuguese: com isso, assim (pt), por este meio
• Romanian: prin aceasta
• Russian: сим (ru) (sim), э́тим (ru) (étim), настоя́щим (ru) (nastojáščim)
• Serbo-Croatian: tȋme (sh), òvīme (sh)
• Spanish: por este, por este medio, por la presente
• Swedish: härmed (sv)

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
• (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
• (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
• (again): thereagain
• (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
• (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
• (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
• (around): therearound, wherearound
• (as): thereas, whereas
• (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
• (before): herebefore, therebefore
• (beside): therebeside
• (between): therebetween, wherebetween
• (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
• (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
• (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
• (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
• (hence): herehence, therehence
• (in): herein, therein, wherein
• (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
• (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
• (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
• (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
• (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
• (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
• (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
• (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
• (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
• (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
• (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
• (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
• (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal