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wherof

wherof is the obsolete form of whereof.

Meaning of whereof

Conjunction

whereof

  1. (formal) Of what.
  2. (formal) Of which.
    • SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently.
      TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie,
      Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
      Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  3. (formal) Of whom.
    • Now one day of the days, […] the Sultan cast his eyes upon her as she stood before him, and said to his Grand Wazir, “This be the very woman whereof I spake to thee yesterday, so do thou straightway bring her before me, that I may see what be her suit and fulfil her need.”1887, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Alaeddin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. [Night 547.]”, in Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition...
  4. (archaic) With or by which.

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Questions about wherof

What is wherof the obsolete form of?
Wherof is the obsolete form of whereof.

Words near wherof in the dictionary

  1. whereäs
  2. wherin
  3. Wherley
  4. Wherleys
  5. Whernside
  6. wherof
  7. wherret
  8. wherreted
  9. wherreting
  10. wherrets
  11. wherried

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