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Webster 1913 Edition
Whereof
Where-of′
,adv.
1.
Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; – used relatively.
I do not find the certain numbers
whereof
their armies did consist. Sir J. Davies.
Let it work like Borgias’ wine,
Whereof
his sire, the pope, was poisoned. Marlowe.
Edward's seven sons,
whereof
thyself art one. Shakespeare
2.
Of what; – used interrogatively.
Whereof
was the house built? Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whereof
WHEREOF
,adv.
1.
Of which. We are not guilty of the crime whereof we are accused.2.
Of what. Whereof was this house built?How this world, when and whereof created--
Definition 2024
whereof
whereof
English
Conjunction
whereof
Translations
of what; of which; of whom
Related terms
Adverb
whereof (not comparable)
- (archaic) Of what.
- (archaic) Of which.
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
See also
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- 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, wherenot