Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Wherein"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Wherein \Where*in"\, adv.
1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the
like; -- used relatively.

Her clothes wherein she was clad. --Chaucer.

There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious
as well as innocent. --Swift.

2. In what; -- used interrogatively.

Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him! --Mal. ii.
17.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

wherein
adv 1: in regard to which; "a case wherein he took an active part"
2: in the course or during which; "a period wherein he did not
work"
3: in which; where; "the particular state wherein you reside"
4: in what; "wherein consists this matter?"


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