adverb
- by this, or the present, declaration, action, document, etc.; by means of this; as a result of this: I hereby resign as president of the class.
- Obsolete. nearby.
adverb
- (used in official statements, proclamations, etc) by means of or as a result of this
- archaic nearby
mid-13c., from here + by. Cf. Dutch hierbij, German hierbei.