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Wherein
//wɛˈɹɪn// adv, conj
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 How, or in what way. not-comparable
"Wherein did I misspeak myself?"
Conjunction
- 1 Where, or in which location.
"Defile not therefoꝛe the lande which yee ſhall inhabite, wherein I dwell: foꝛ I the Lord dwell among the childꝛen of Iſrael."
- 2 During which.
"[T]here is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt."
- 3 How, or in what way.
"In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.
Etymology 2
From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.
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