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 ]
God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ See the Note under What, pron., 1. [ 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 ]
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.),
pron. & conj. [ See Whether. ] Whether.
Men must enquire (this is mine assent),
Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer. [ 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 ]
☞ In this sense, whereabouts is the common form. [ 1913 Webster ]
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A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
conj. [ 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. At which place; where. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
At last they came whereas that lady bode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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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 ]
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Whereby shall I know this? Luke i. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]