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wherebefore

wherebefore adverb: before, or in front of, which.

Adverb

wherebefore (not comparable)

  1. Before, or in front of, which.
    • the Altar wherebefore his Father presided1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon

Origin of wherebefore

From where- + before.

Questions about wherebefore

What does wherebefore mean?
Wherebefore means before, or in front of, which.
What part of speech is wherebefore?
Wherebefore is an adverb.

Words near wherebefore in the dictionary

  1. wherearound
  2. whereas
  3. whereases
  4. whereat
  5. whereaway
  6. wherebefore
  7. wherebehind
  8. wherebelow
  9. wherebetween
  10. whereby
  11. wheredja

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