Middle English Dictionary Entry

with-al prep.
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1.
Used only postpositively, usu. at the end of a rel. clause or an inf. phrase having the force of a rel. clause: (a) against (sb.), in opposition to; debaten (fighten, haven ado, etc.) ~; (b) in company with (sb.), in association with, together with; holden ~, to hold with (sb.), take sides with; presenten ~, compound (an elixir) with (a liquid); (c) by the agency of (sb. or sth.), by means of, by; ben served ~, to be served with (silver vessels).