wherein

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wherein - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wherein \Where*in"\, adv.
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     1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the
        like; -- used relatively.
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              Her clothes wherein she was clad.     --Chaucer.
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              There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious
              as well as innocent.                  --Swift.
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     2. In what; -- used interrogatively.
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              Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him! --Mal. ii.
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