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Webster 1913 Edition


Whom

Whom

,
p
ron.
[OE.
wham
, AS. dative
hwām
,
hw[GREEK]m
. See
Who
.]
The objective case of who. See
Who
.
☞ In Old English, whom was also commonly used as a dative. Cf.
Him
.
And every grass that groweth upon root
She shall eke know, and
whom
it will do boot.
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whom

WHOM

, pron. hoom. The objective of who, coinciding with the L. quem and quam.