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Thereby is defined as because of something.

(adverb)

An example of thereby is when someone signed a confession and were then put in jail; they confessed thereby they are in jail.

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See thereby in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adverb

  1. by or through that; by that means
  2. connected with that: thereby hangs a tale
  3. Archaic thereabouts

See thereby in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb
  1. By that means; because of that.
  2. In connection with that: “And thereby hangs a tale” (Shakespeare).

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