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Webster 1913 Edition
Whereas
Where-as′
,adv.
At which place; where.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
At last they came
whereas
that lady bode. Spenser.
Where-as′
,c
onj.
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.
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.
Are not those found to be the greatest zealots who are most notoriously ignorant?
whereas
true zeal should always begin with true knowledge. Sprat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whereas
WHEREAS
,adv.
1.
When in fact or truth, implying opposition to something that precedes.Are not those found to be the greatest zealots, who are most notoriously ignorant? Whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge.
2.
The thing being so that; considering that things are so; implying an admission of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and sometimes by inferences or something consequent, as in the law style, where a preamble introduces a law.Whereas wars are generally causes of poverty--
3.
Whereat; at which place. 4.
But on the contrary. [See No. 1.]Definition 2024
whereas
whereas
See also: whereäs
English
Alternative forms
- whereäs (rare)
Adverb
whereas (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Where (that).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iii:
- And home she came, whereas her mother blynd / Sate in eternall night [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iii:
Conjunction
whereas
- In contrast; whilst on the contrary.
- He came first in the race whereas his brother came last.
- It being the fact that; inasmuch as
- United States Articles of Confederation
- And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union.
- United States Articles of Confederation
Usage notes
- Whereas is used in the second sense principally in legal documents, formal resolutions of corporate bodies, and the like.
Translations
but in contrast; whilst on the contrary…
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it being the case that…
See also
- thereabout, thereafter, thereagainst, thereat, thereby, therefor, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal
- hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith
- whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal
Noun
whereas (plural whereases)
- A clause, as in legal documents, stating whereas.
- 1883, The Insurance Law Journal
- ...the promise is stated after a whereas, though the promise is the very gist of the action, yet, such a count so framed, will be held good on demurrer.
- 1908, United States Congress, Hearings beginning March 9, 1908-April 30, 1908
- It had a page or so of whereases.
- 1961, Aluminum Workers' International Union, Biennial Convention
- I feel it is most unfortunate that some of the preambles, prefaces, whereases or whatever you want to call it, are put before motions or before resolutions...
- 1973, Canadian Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, Proceedings
- If it is the desire of any Lodge on the floor that the whereases that were listed in their original Resolution be quoted by the Chairman or by the Secretary...
- 1883, The Insurance Law Journal
Translations
clause
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