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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whither  \Whith"er\,  adv  [OE.  whider.  AS  hwider;  akin  to  E. 
  where  who  cf  Goth.  hvadr[=e]  whither.  See  {Who},  and  cf 
  {Hither},  {Thither}.] 
  1.  To  what  place  --  used  interrogatively;  as  whither  goest 
  thou?  ``Whider  may  I  flee?''  --Chaucer. 
 
  Sir  Valentine,  whither  away  so  fast?  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  what  or  which  place  --  used  relatively. 
 
  That  no  man  should  know  .  .  .  whither  that  he  went 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  We  came  unto  the  land  whither  thou  sentest  us 
  --Num.  xiii. 
  27. 
 
  3.  To  what  point,  degree,  end  conclusion,  or  design; 
  whereunto;  whereto;  --  used  in  a  sense  not  physical. 
 
  Nor  have  I  .  .  .  whither  to  appeal.  --Milton. 
 
  {Any  whither},  to  any  place  anywhere.  [Obs.]  ``Any  whither, 
  in  hope  of  life  eternal.''  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  {No  whither},  to  no  place  nowhere.  [Obs.]  --2  Kings  v.  25. 
 
  Syn:  Where 
 
  Usage:  {Whither},  {Where}.  Whither  properly  implies  motion  to 
  place  and  where  rest  in  a  place  Whither  is  now 
  however,  to  a  great  extent,  obsolete,  except  in 
  poetry,  or  in  compositions  of  a  grave  and  serious 
  character  and  in  language  where  precision  is  required. 
  Where  has  taken  its  place  as  in  the  question,  ``Where 
  are  you  going?'' 

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