Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whereof"

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

Whereof \Where*of"\, adv.
1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used
relatively.

I do not find the certain numbers whereof their
armies did consist. --Sir J.
Davies.

Let it work like Borgias' wine, Whereof his sire,
the pope, was poisoned. --Marlowe.

Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one.
--Shak.

2. Of what; -- used interrogatively.

Whereof was the house built? --Johnson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

whereof
adv 1: of which; "punishment for a crime whereof he was convicted"
2: of what; "he knows whereof he speaks"


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