with

preposition

By, noting cause, instrument or means. We are distressed with pain; we are elevated with joy. With study men become learned and respectable. Fire is extinguished with water.

with

On the side of, noting friendship or favor. Fear not, for I am with thee. Genesis 26:24.

with

In opposition to; in competition or contest; as, to struggle with adversity. The champions fought with each other an hour. He will lie with any man living.

with

Noting comparison. The fact you mention compares well with another I have witnessed.

with

In company. The gentlemen traveled with me from Boston to Philadelphia.

with

In the society of. There is no living with such neighbors.

with

In connection, or in appendage. He gave me the Bible, and with it the warmest expressions of affection.

with

In mutual dealing or intercourse. I will buy with you, sell with you-- .

with

Noting confidence. I will trust you with the secret.

with

In partnership. He shares the profits with the other partners. I will share with you the pleasures and the pains.

with

Noting connection. Nor twist our fortunes with your sinking fate.

with

Immediately after. With this he pointed to his face.

with

Among. I left the assembly with the last. Tragedy was originally with the ancients a piece of religious worship.

with

Upon. Such arguments had invincible force with those pagan philosophers.

with

In consent, noting parity of state. See! Where on earth the flowry glories lie, with her they flourishd, and with her thy die. With and by are closely allied in many of their uses, and it is not easy to lay down a rule by which their uses may be distinguished. It is observed by Johnson that with seems rather to denote an instrument, and by a cause; as, he killed an enemy with a sword, but he died by an arrow. But this rule is not always observed. With, in composition, signifies for the most part opposition, privation; or separation.

with

noun

A willow twig.

with

A band consisting of a twig, or twigs twisted.