thereinto

[ thair-in-too, thair-in-too ]

adverb

1. into that place or thing.
2. into that matter, circumstance, etc.

thereinto

/ ˌðɛərˈɪntuː /

adverb

1. formal.
   into that place, circumstance, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of thereinto¹

First recorded in 1250–1300, thereinto is from Middle English thar into. See there, into

Example Sentences

He had not travelled far before he came to a footpath; and thereinto the good man turned, and when he had walked on for a space, he looked behind him and saw a youth that came after him with all speed.

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In the meanwhile there had happened to Sir Accolon of Gaul a strange adventure; for when he awoke from his deep sleep upon the silken barge, he found himself upon the edge of a deep well, and in instant peril of falling thereinto.

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Then he departed and rode to the sea, and on the strand he found a ship all covered with white samite, and as soon as he had entered thereinto, it put forth from the shore.

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You were only a child of seven,—to others, I suppose, immature and formless; yet even then your eyes were as large and as serious as they are to-day, and your curling brown hair had already a touch of fire, as if sunshine had crept thereinto, and, liking its abiding-place, had lingered lovingly.

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Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains: and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

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