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adv. In any place. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Everywhere. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; thoroughly; altogether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ubiquity; omnipresence. [ R. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. nāhw&aemacr_;r. See No, and Where. ] Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. āhwaer. ] Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. “Somewhere nigh at hand.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. & conj. [ See Whether. ] Whether. [ Sometimes written whe'r. ] [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men must enquire (this is mine assent),
Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. wher, whar, AS. hw&unr_;r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw&unr_;r, OHG. hwār, wār, wā, G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. √182. See Who, and cf. There. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ See the Note under What, pron., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

She visited that place where first she was so happy. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where I thought the remnant of mine age
Should have been cherished by her childlike duty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going? [ 1913 Webster ]

But where does this tend? Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lodged in sunny cleft,
Where the gold breezes come not. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition, in elliptical sentences for a place in which, the place in which, or what place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The star . . . stood over where the young child was. Matt. ii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Matt. viii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within about twenty paces of where we were. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where did the minstrels come from? Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. Whereat, Whereby, Wherefore, Wherein, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where away (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land? [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Whither. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. Whereas. [ 1913 Webster ]

And flight and die is death destroying death;
Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Place; situation. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him? [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Concerning which; about which. “The object whereabout they are conversant.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

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{ } n. The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At which place; where. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

At last they came whereas that lady bode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; -- used to introduce a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands, requests, or like, that follow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that; although; -- implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Are not those found to be the greatest zealots who are most notoriously ignorant? whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

They vote; whereat his speech he thus renews. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed than desirous to obey Zelmane. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended? [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. By which; -- used relatively. “You take my life when you take the means whereby I life.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By what; how; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereby shall I know this? Luke i. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & conj. [ Where + for. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. For which reason; so; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matt. vii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

But wherefore that I tell my tale. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore didst thou doubt? Matt. xiv. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the reason why. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Where + from. ] From which; from which or what place. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her clothes wherein she was clad. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In what; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him! Mal. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Into which; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is that palace whereinto foul things
Sometimes intrude not? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brook, whereinto he loved to look. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Into what; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of having a place; ubiety; situation; position. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness, and is next to nothing. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let it work like Borgias' wine,
Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of what; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereof was the house built? Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live. [ 1913 Webster ]

O fair foundation laid whereon to build. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereon do we stand? [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Out of which. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wheresoever. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wheresoever. [ Poetic ] “Wheresoe'er they rove.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In what place soever; in whatever place; wherever. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Through which. [ R. ] “Wherethrough that I may know.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Windows . . . wherethrough the sun
Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To which; -- used relatively. “Whereto we have already attained.” Phil. iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To what; to what end; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Same as Whereto. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Upon which; in consequence of which; after which. [ 1913 Webster ]

The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At or in whatever place; wheresoever. [ 1913 Webster ]

He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. With which; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With what; -- used interrogatively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherewith shall I save Israel? Judg. vi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The necessary means or instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

So shall I have wherewith to answer him. Ps. cxix. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wherewith to meet excessive loss by radiation. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & n. Wherewith. “Wherewithal shall we be clothed?” Matt. vi. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Ps. cxix. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The builders of Babel ], still with vain design,
New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]