whereof

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whereof - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whereof \Where*of"\, adv.
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     1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used
        relatively.
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              I do not find the certain numbers whereof their
              armies did consist.                   --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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              Let it work like Borgias' wine,
              Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. --Marlowe.
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              Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. Of what; -- used interrogatively.
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              Whereof was the house built?          --Johnson.
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