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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 1.6 [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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