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1,566 words match “WHERE”

WHEREUPON adv.
pon which; in consequence of which; after which. The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither. Clarendon.
WHEREVER adv.
At or in whatever place; wheresoever. He can not but love virtue wherever it is. Atterbury.
WHEREWITH adv. 3 definitions
With which; -- used relatively. The love wherewith thou hast loved me. John xvii. 26.
WHEREWITHAL adv.
Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed" Matt. vi. 31. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way Ps. cxix. 9. [The builders of Babel], still with vain design, New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build. Milton.
ALLWHERE adv.
Everywhere. [Archaic]
ANYWHERE adv.
In any place. Udall.
EACHWHERE adv.
Everywhere. [Obs.] The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser.
ELSEWHERE adv. 2 definitions
In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.
EVERYWHERE adv.
In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.
EVERYWHERENESS n.
Ubiquity; omnipresence. [R.] Grew.
NOWHERE adv.
Not anywhere; not in any place or state; as, the book is nowhere to be found.
OTHERWHERE adv.
In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere. Milton. Tennyson.
OUGHWHERE adv.
Anywhere; somewhere. See Owher. [Obs.]
SOMEWHERE adv.
In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. "Somewhere nigh at hand." Milton.
WHER; WHERE pron.
Whether. [Sometimes written whe'r.] [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Men must enquire (this is mine assent), Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe. Chaucer.
WIDEWHERE adv.
Widely; far and wide. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ABJECTION n.
The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.
ABLATIVE a.
Taking away or removing. [Obs.] Where the heart is forestalled with misopinion, ablative directions are found needful to unteach error, ere we can learn truth. Bp. Hall.
ABODE n.
Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth.
ABOUND v.
lentiful. The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20.
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