hereby

From here +‎ by.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪəˈbʌɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɪɹˈbaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

hereby (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Near this place; nearby.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:

     There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, / That with most fell despight and deadly hate / Seekes to subvert her Crowne and dignity […].

2. (formal) By this means, action or process.

   I hereby declare you husband and wife.