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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

whereof

adverb

1: of which; "punishment for a crime whereof he was convicted"

2: of what; "he knows whereof he speaks"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Whereof \Where*of"\, adverb

1. Of which; of whom; formerly, also, with which; -- used relatively.

I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist. --Sir J. Davies.

Let it work like Borgias' wine, Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. --Marlowe.

Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one. --Shak.

2. Of what; -- used interrogatively.

Whereof was the house built? --Johnson.
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