2. With what; — used interrogatively.

Wherewith shall I save Israel?

Judg. vi. 15.

Where*with", n. The necessary means or instrument.

So shall I have wherewith to answer him.

Ps. cxix. 42.

The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation.

H. Spencer.

Where`with*al" (?), adv. & n. 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.

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