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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Where  \Where\,  n. 
  Place  situation.  [Obs.  or  Colloq.] 
 
  Finding  the  nymph  asleep  in  secret  where  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wher  \Wher\,  Where  \Where\,  pron.  &  conj.  [See  {Whether}.] 
  Whether.  [Sometimes  written  {whe'r}.]  [Obs.]  --Piers  Plowman. 
 
  Men  must  enquire  (this  is  mine  assent),  Wher  she  be 
  wise  or  sober  or  dronkelewe.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Where  \Where\,  adv  [OE.  wher,  whar,  AS  hw?r;  akin  to  D.  waar, 
  OS  hw?r,  OHG.  hw[=a]r,  w[=a]r,  w[=a],  G.  wo  Icel.  and  Sw 
  hvar,  Dan.  hvor,  Goth.  hwar,  and  E.  who  cf  Skr.  karhi  when 
  [root]182.  See  {Who},  and  cf  {There}.] 
  1.  At  or  in  what  place  hence  in  what  situation,  position, 
  or  circumstances;  --  used  interrogatively. 
 
  God  called  unto  Adam,  .  .  .  Where  art  thou?  --Gen. 
  iii.  9. 
 
  Note:  See  the  Note  under  {What},  pron.,  1. 
 
  2.  At  or  in  which  place  at  the  place  in  which  hence  in  the 
  case  or  instance  in  which  --  used  relatively. 
 
  She  visited  that  place  where  first  she  was  so  happy. 
  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  Where  I  thought  the  remnant  of  mine  age  Should  have 
  been  cherished  by  her  childlike  duty.  --Shak. 
 
  Where  one  on  his  side  fights,  thousands  will  fly. 
  --Shak. 
 
  But  where  he  rode  one  mile,  the  dwarf  ran  four 
  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  3.  To  what  or  which  place  hence  to  what  goal,  result,  or 
  issue;  whither;  --  used  interrogatively  and  relatively; 
  as  where  are  you  going? 
 
  But  where  does  this  tend?  --Goldsmith. 
 
  Lodged  in  sunny  cleft,  Where  the  gold  breezes  come 
  not  --Bryant. 
 
  Note:  Where  is  often  used  pronominally  with  or  without  a 
  preposition,  in  elliptical  sentences  for  a  place  in 
  which  the  place  in  which  or  what  place 
 
  The  star  .  .  .  stood  over  where  the  young  child 
  was  --Matt.  ii  9. 
 
  The  Son  of  man  hath  not  where  to  lay  his  head. 
  --Matt.  viii. 
  20. 
 
  Within  about  twenty  paces  of  where  we  were 
  --Goldsmith. 
 
  Where  did  the  minstrels  come  from?  --Dickens. 
 
  Note:  Where  is  much  used  in  composition  with  preposition,  and 
  then  is  equivalent  to  a  pronoun.  Cf  {Whereat}, 
  {Whereby},  {Wherefore},  {Wherein},  etc 
 
  {Where  away}  (Naut.),  in  what  direction;  as  where  away  is 
  the  land? 
 
  Syn:  See  {Whither}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Where  \Where\,  conj. 
  Whereas. 
 
  And  flight  and  die  is  death  destroying  death;  Where 
  fearing  dying  pays  death  servile  breath.  --Shak.




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