Meanings
adverbtherewhilst (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteTherewhile.
there is nothing may so justly distaste a subject from putting himselfe in paine and danger for the service of his Prince then therewhilst to see him given to lazinesse, to base and vaine occupations, and to have care of his conservation, seeing him so carelesse of ours.
, II.21
Origin
From therewhile with genitive -s.
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therewhilst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/therewhilst
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