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thereinafter
English
Adverb
thereinafter (not comparable)
- in the following part (of a document or speech)
Translations
See also
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whereof
English
Etymology
From where +? of. Compare the parallel formations of Swedish varav and Dutch waarvan.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /(h)w????v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w?????v/
- Rhymes: -?v, -?v
Conjunction
whereof
- (formal) Of what.
- (formal) Of which.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:
- Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:
- (formal) Of whom.
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 547:
- Now one day of the days, […] the Sultan cast his eyes upon her as she stood before him, and said to his Grand Wazir, "This be the very woman whereof I spake to thee yesterday, so do thou straightway bring her before me, that I may see what be her suit and fulfil her need."
- 1886-88, Richard F. Burton, The Supplemental Nights to the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 547:
- (archaic) With or by which.
Related terms
- whence
Translations
Adverb
whereof (not comparable)
- (archaic) Of what.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i[1]:
- In sooth, I know not why I am so sad.
- It wearies me; you say it wearies you;
- But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
- What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born,
- I am to learn;
- And such a wantwit sadness makes of me,
- That I have much ado to know myself.
- 1922, Ludwig Wittgenstein, trans. C. K. Ogden, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, proposition 7:
- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i[1]:
- (archaic) Of which.
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “whereof”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
See also
Anagrams
- forehew
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- whereof what does it mean
- what does whereof mean in the bible
- what does thereof mean
- what does whereof mean in modern english
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- what does whereof mean in history
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