Wherein

//wɛˈɹɪn// adv, conj

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    How, or in what way. not-comparable

    "Wherein did I misspeak myself?"

Conjunction
  1. 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. 2
    During which.

    "[T]here is a time wherein one man ruleth ouer another to his owne hurt."

  3. 3
    How, or in what way.

    "In order to show them wherein they were wrong, Samuel was instructed to bear witness against them […]"

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Example

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"Religion, which should most distinguish us from the beasts, and ought most particularly elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts."

Etymology

From Middle English wherin; equivalent to where- + in.

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