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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wher \Wher\, Where \Where\, pronoun & 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Where \Where\, adverb [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}, pronoun , 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Where \Where\, conj. Whereas.
And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Where \Where\, noun Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.]
Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
where
adverb: in or at or to what place; "I know where he is"; "use it wherever necessary" [syn: {wherever}]
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