whereabout 
whereabout (hwSr'a-bout"), «. [< vhereahout, 
(j(/i'.] The place Wlicre one is; one's present 
place. 
Thou . . . firm-set earth, 
Hear not my 8t«ps, which way they walk, for fear 
Thy very atones prate of my whereabout. 
Shak., Macbetli, ii. 1. 58. 
From a rifted crag or ivy tod . . . 
Thou givst for pastime's sake, by shriek or shout, 
A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. 
Wordsicorth, Evening Voluntaries, vii. 
whereabouts (hwar'a-bouts'), "<1'' aiiii c'»'j- 
[< xchcreahout + adv.'gen. -s.] Same as where- 
about. 
whereabouts (hwar'a-bouts"), «• [< where- 
abouts, adv.] The place where one or where 
anything is; location; locality. 
I feel as if it were scarcely discreet to indicate the where- 
abouts of the chateau of the obliging young man I had met 
on the way from Nimes ; I must content myself with say- 
ing that it nestled in an enchanting valley. 
//. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 171. 
Whereagainst (hwar'a-gensf), eonj. [< whcrr^ 
+ ayain.':! .~\ Against which. 
Let me twine 
Mine anns about that body, wfiere against 
My grained ash an hundred times hath broke. 
Shak., Cor., iv. H. 113. 
whereas (hwai az'), couj. [< where^ + as'^.'] 
1. The thing being so that; considering that 
things are so: implying an admission of facts, 
sometimes followed by a different statement, 
and sometimes by inference or something con- 
sequent, as in the preamble to a law or a reso- 
lution. 
Whereas, A consistent and faithful adherence to thcprin- 
ciples of administrative reform ... is absolutely essen- 
tial to the vitality and success of the . . . party ; . . . 
Resolved, That . . . the character, record, and aasocia- 
tions of its candidates . . . should be such as to warrant 
entire confidence. 
Quoted in Appleton's Annual Ci/c.,1884, p. 767. 
2. While on the contrary ; the fact or case 
really being that; when in fact. 
Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but 
the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be 
used. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iv. 7. 37. 
If I were wise only to mine own ends, I would certainly 
take such a subject as of it self might catch applause, 
whereas this hath all the disadvantages on the contrary. 
Milton, Church-Government, ii., I'ref. 
3t. Where. 
Soone he came whereas the Titanesse 
Was striving with faire Cynthia for her seat. 
Spenser, F. Q., VII. vi. 17. 
He, spying her, bounced in, whereas he stood. 
Shak., Passionate Pilgrim, 1. 83. 
whereat (hwar-af), adv. and conj. [< ichere^ 
+ at.] I. interrof/. adv. At what? as, whereat 
are you offended ? Johnson. 
II. rel. conj. At which. 
Even at this word slie hears a meriy horn. 
Whereat she leaps that was but late forlorn. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, I. 1026. 
He now prepared 
To speak ; tehereat their doubled riinks they bend 
From wing to wing, and half inclose him round. 
Milton, P. L., i. 616. 
Whereat erewhile I wept, I laugh. Greene, Song. 
whereby (hwar-bi'), adr. and conj. [< ME. whar- 
hi (=r D. waarbij = G. woI>ei); < where"^ -¥ %l.] 
I, intcrrof/. adv. By what? how? why? 
Wharbi seistow [sayest thou] so? 
William of Paleme (E. E. T. S.), 1. 225C. 
Whereby shall I know this? Luke i. 18. 
II. rcl. conj. By which, in any sense of the 
word by. 
You take my life 
When you do take tlie means whereby I live. 
,Shak., M. of v., iv. 1. 377. 
But this word Werowance, which we call and construe 
for a King, is a common word, whereby they call all com- 
manders. (Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, I. 143. 
The mind . . . has a power to abstract its ideas, and so 
they become essences, general essences, whereby the sorts 
of things are distinguished. 
Locke, Human Understanding, III. viii. 1. 
■• Fear 
Stared in her eyes, and chalk'd her face, and wing'd 
Her transit to the throne, whereby slie fell 
IJelivoring scal'd dispatclies. Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
where'er (hwar-ar'), adv. A contracted form 
of wherever. 
wherefore (hwar'for), adr. and conj. [Early 
mod. E. wherforc; < ME. wherfore, whcrfor, 
hwarfore {— D. iraarvoor = C}.' wofilr = Sw. 
hvarfiir = Dan. hrorfor); < where^ + fore'^.'] 
I. intcrrof/. iidr. Foi' what reason, thing, or 
purpose? what for? why? 
Wherefore was I born? 
If that my cousin king be King of England, 
It must be granted I am l>uke of Lancaster. 
Shak., Rich. II.. ii. 3. 122. 
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If Princes need no palliations, as he tells his Son, where- 
fore is it that he himself hath so oft'n us'd them? 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxvii. 
II. rel. conj. For which cause or reason ; in 
consequence of which; consequently. 
Dedes therof mak the cause ther-on be. 
Off the lordes yifte the encheson may se, 
Wfier-for lie it yaf, and for wat reason. 
Itom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 658. 
He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly repent. 
. . . Where.fore let us beseech him to grant us true re- 
pentance. " Book of Common Prayer, Absolution. 
The night was as troublesome to him as the day ; where- 
fore, instead of sleeping, he spent it in sighs and tears. 
Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, 1. 
To do whereforet, to make a return ; give or fumish an 
equivalent. 
No wollemonpere, ne no man, ne may liabbe no stal in 
the heye-stret of Wynchestre bote he do war-fore. 
Enylish Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 358. 
= SyTl. Therefore, Wherefore, Accordingly, etc. See there- 
fore. 
wherefore (hwar'for), n. [< wherefore, adv.] 
The reason or cause. [Colloq.] 
Dispute learnedly the whys and wherefores. 
Fletcher, Rule a Wife, iii. 1. 
The w!iy and the wherefore of it all 
Who knoweth? Jean Ingelow. 
wherefrom (hwar-from'), conj. [= Sw. hrari- 
J'rdn = Dan. hvorfra ; as wliere^ + from.] From 
which; whence. 
In each a squared lawn, wherefrom 
The golden gorge of dragons spouted forth 
A flood of fountain-foam. Tennyson, Palace of Art. 
.\ larger surface wherefrom material can be washed into 
the lagoon. Nature, XLII. 148. 
wherehencet,*"!^"). [<»'''0'e^ + ''e«fc.] Whence. 
[Rare.] 
He had lived two years at Campostella, . . . wherehenee 
he then came. Coryat, Crudities, I. 20. 
wherein (hwar-in'), adv. and conj. [< ME. 
wherin, hverinne (= D. waarin = G. worin = Sw. 
hvari = Dan. hvori), wherein; < where'^ -f- in^.] 
1. interrog. adv. In what? in what thing, time, 
respect, etc.? 
But ye say. Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes 
and offerings. Mai. iii, 8. 
How looked he ? Wherein [that is. in what clothes] 
went he ? Shak., As you Like it, iii. 2. 234. 
II. rel. conj. 1. In or within which or what; 
in which thing, time, respect, etc. 
This zenne [sin] is the dyeules panne of helle, huerinne 
he maketh his friinges [fiyings]. 
AyerMte of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 23. 
You naked trees, whose shady leaves are lost, 
Wherein the byrds were wont to build their bowre. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., .January. 
The Alfantica is also a place of note, because it is in- 
vironed with a great wall, wherein lye the goods of all the 
Merchants securely guarded. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 45. 
Milton seems to have known perfectly well wherein his 
strength lay. Addison, Spectator, No. 315. 
2. In that in which; in whatever. 
Wherein it doth impair the seeing sense. 
It pays the hearing double recompense. 
Shak., M. N. D., iii. 2. 180. 
whereinsoever (hwar-in'so-ev'er), conj. In 
whatever place, point, or respect. 
Whereinsoever ye shall perceive yourselves to have of- 
fended, . . . there to bewail your own sinfulness. 
Book of Common Prayer, Communion office. Exhortation. 
whereinto (hwar-in'to or -in-to'), adv. [< where^ 
+ into.] I. interrog. adv. Into what? 
II, rcl. conj. Into which. 
Where's that palace whereinto foul things 
.Sometimes intrude not? Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 137. 
I watched my opportunitie to get a shore in their Boat, 
whereinto the darke night I secretly got. 
Quoted in Capt. John .Smith's Works, II. 212. 
wheremidt, conj. [< ME. whermid, hwermid, 
werniid (= D. waarmedc = G. womit = Sw. 
hrarnicd = Dan. hvormed); < where'^ + mid^.] 
Wherewith. 
Nothing he ne founde in al the ni^te 
Wer-mide his honger aquencbe mijtte. 
Jtel. Aivtiq., II. 274. 
Thet is the dyeules peni huermide he bayth [buyeth]. 
Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 23. 
whereness (hwar'nes), v. [< where^ + -nets.] 
The state or property of having place or posi- 
tion ; ubication. 
A point hath no dimensions, but only a whereness. and 
is next to nothing. N. Greie, Cosinologia Sacra. 
Vbication or n-hereness. Whewell. 
whereof (hwar-ov'), adv. and conj. [< ME. 
wher of, irharof worof hvarof (= Sw. hraraf 
= Dan. Iivoraf), < wh(re^ -h oj'.] I. intcrrot). 
adv. Of what? from what? 
Quarof ard thou so ferd ? 
Hit is a litil synne. 
MS. Cantab. Ff. v. 48, f. 82. (nalliwell.) 
whereunder 
Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this ? 
Shak., Lear, 1. 4. 312. 
II. rel. conj. Of which ; of whom. 
For lente neuere was lyf, but lyflode [means of livelihood] 
were shapen, 
Wher-of or wherfore or where-by to lybbe. 
Piers Plowman (B), xiv. 40. 
The days are made on a loom whereof the warp and 
woof are past and future time. 
Emerson, Works and Days. 
whereon (hwar-on'), adv. and conj. [< ME. 
wheron, hveran (= D. waaraan = G. worun)-, < 
where^ + 0)1^.] \, interrog. adv. On what if on 
whom? 
Queen. Whereon do you look? 
Ham. On him, on him ! Shak., Hamlet, iii. 4. 124. 
II. rcl. conj. On which. 
O fair foundation laid whereon to build 
Their ruin I Milton, P. L., iv. 621. 
How He who bore in Heav'n the second name 
Had not on earth whereon to lay His head. 
Bums, Cottar's Saturday Night. 
whereout (hwar-ouf), conj. [= D. waaruit; as 
where'^ + out.] Out of whieli. 
That I may give the local wound a name 
And make distinct the very breach whereout 
Hector's great spirit flew. 
Shak., T. and C, iv. 6. 246. 
The cleft ivheremit the lightning breaketh. Holland. 
whereover (hwar-6'ver), conj. Over which. 
[Rare.] 
A great gulf . . . whereijver neither Mves nor Abraham, 
nor yet Moses himself, can pass. 
T. Parker, On the Death of Daniel Webster, p. 7. 
whereso (hwar'so), conj. [< ME. whereso ; < 
tvhere^ -\- so'^. Ct. AS. swdhwSrswd.] Where- 
soever. 
Of ble as the brere flour w?iere-»o the bare scheweed [show- 
ed] 
Ful clene watz the countenaunce of her [their] cler yjen. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 790. 
Furnished with deadly instruments she went 
Of every sort, to wound whereso she meant. 
Drayton, Barons' Wars, ii. 5. 
wheresoe'er (hwar-so-ar'), conj. A contracted 
form of wheresoever. 
wheresoever (hwSr-so-ev'er), conj. [< where^ -I- 
sol + ever.] 1. In wliat place soever; in what- 
ever place. 
Wheresoever I am sung or told 
in aftertime, this also shall be known. 
Tennyson, Passing of Arthur. 
2t. Wliencesoever. 
This is some minx's token, and I must take out the 
work? . . . Wheresoever you had it, I'll take out no work 
on 't. Shak., Othello, iv. 1. 160. 
3. Whithersoever; to what place soever. 
The noise pursues rae wheresoe'er I go. 
Dryden, Aurengzebe, v. 1. 
wherethorought (hwar-thur'6), conj. [< ME. 
wherthnr, hwarthuruh, huerthurh ; < where^ + 
thorough (see thorough a.nd through^).] Same as 
wheretlirotigh. 
wherethrough (hwar-thro'), conj. [Also where- 
thro'; < ME. wherthrough ; <where^ + through'^. 
Of. whcrethorough.] Through which, in any 
sense of the word through. 
He . . . hath beaute, wher-through he is 
Worthy of love to have the blis. 
Rom. of the Bote, 1. 373a 
A way without impediment, . . . wherethrough all the 
people went. Wisdom xix. 8. 
There is no weakness left in me wherethrough I may 
look back. ScotL 
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' 
Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades 
For ever and for ever when I move. 
Tennyson, Ulysses, 
whereto (hwar-to'), adv. and conj. [< ME. hwar- 
to, hrarto, war to, hwerto (= D. waartoc = G. tco- 
zu);<. where''- -h to^.] I. interrog. adv. To what 
place, point, end, etc.? 
Wherto bonnet ye to batell in your bright geire, 
Whethur worship towyn, or willfully shame? 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), L 6565. 
Lysander, whereto tends all this? 
Shak., M. N. D., iii. 2- 256. 
II. rel. conj. To which ; to whom ; whither. 
They may, by his direction, be employed principally in 
suche profession whereto their nature doth most conforme, 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.X i. 8. 
Purposing to be of that Religion whereto they should 
addict themselves. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 46. 
This battle in the west. 
Whereto we move. Tennyson, Passing of Arthur. 
whereunder (hwar-uu'der), conj. [< ME. huer- 
onder (= D. waarondcr = G. worunter = Sw. 
hrariindcr = Dan. hroriindcr); < where'' + un- 
der.] Under which. 
The wild grape vines . . , jrAfri-mKfiT we had slept 
Scribner's Mag., IX. 553. 
