With vs Buy - What's the difference?
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Against.
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In the company of; alongside, along side of; close to; near to.
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In addition to; as an accessory to.
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* 1697 , (Virgil), (John Dryden) (translator), '', in ''The Works of Virgil ,
* 1861 , (Alexander Pope), The Rev. George Gilfillan (editor) The Fourth Pastoral, or Daphne'', in ''
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, title= (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
* 1300s? , Political, Religious and Love Poems , “An A B C Poem on the Passion of Christ”, ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1866
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* 1669 , (Nathaniel Morton), New England’s Memorial
Using as an instrument; by means of.
* 1430? , “The Love of Jesus” in Hymns to the Virgin and Christ , ed. (Frederick James Furnivall), 1867, p.26
* 1619 , (Francis Beaumont) and (John Fletcher), A King and no King , Act IV
* 1620 , (William Bradford). Of Plymouth Plantation [http://narcissus.umd.edu:8080/eada/html/display.jsp?docs=bradford_history.xml&action=show]
* 1677 , (w), The plain-dealer , Prologue
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Having, owning.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (Midwestern US) along, together with others/group etc.
* King James Bible
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
As nouns the difference between with and buy
is that with is while buy is something which is bought; a purchase.As a preposition with
is against.As an adverb with
is (midwestern us) along, together with others/group etc.As a verb buy is
to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.with
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) with, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (obsolete contraction) * (abbreviation) *Preposition
(English prepositions)- Many hatchets, knives, & pieces of iron, & brass, we see, which they reported to have from the Sasquesahanocks a mighty people, and mortal enemies with the Massawomecks.
- With that she told me that though she spake of her father, whom she named Chremes, she would hide no truth from me: ...
- With this he pointed to his face, and show'd
- His hand and all his habit smear'd with blood.
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope,
- See where, on earth, the flowery glories lie,
- With' her they flourish'd, and ' with her they die.
- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
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- Al þus with iewys I am dyth, I seme a wyrm to manus syth.
- Ysiphile, betrayed with Jasoun, / Maketh of your trouthe neyther boost ne soun;
- He was torn to / pieces with a bear:
- He was sick and lame of the scurvy, so as he could but lie in the cabin-door, and give direction, and, it should seem, was badly assisted either with mate or mariners
- Þirle my soule with þi spere anoon,
- you have paid me equal, Heavens, / And sent my own rod to correct me with
- They had cut of his head upon the cudy of his boat had not the man reskued him with a sword,
- And keep each other company in spite, / As rivals in your common mistress, fame, / And with faint praises one another damn;
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- I am fain to dine and sup with water and bran.
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Quotations
* (English Citations of "with")Derived terms
* withness * with itSynonyms
* * (medicine)Antonyms
* withoutAdverb
(-)- Do you want to come with?
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
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Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.