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Where (?), adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hw&unr_;r; akin to D. waar, OS. hw&unr_;r, OHG. hw&ā;r, w&ā;r, w&ā;, G. wo, Icel. and Sw. hvar, Dan. hvor, Goth. hwar, and E. who; cf. Skr. karhi when. √182. See Who, and cf. There.]
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1. At or in what place; hence, in what situation, position, or circumstances; -- used interrogatively.
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God called unto Adam, . . . Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9.
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&hand_; See the Note under What, pron., 1.
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2. At or in which place; at the place in which; hence, in the case or instance in which; -- used relatively.
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She visited that place where first she was so happy. Sir P. Sidney.
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Where I thought the remnant of mine age
Should have been cherished by her childlike duty.
Shak.
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Where one on his side fights, thousands will fly. Shak.
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But where he rode one mile, the dwarf ran four. Sir W. Scott.
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3. To what or which place; hence, to what goal, result, or issue; whither; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, where are you going?
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But where does this tend? Goldsmith.
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Lodged in sunny cleft,
Where the gold breezes come not.
Bryant.
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&hand_; 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.
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The star . . . stood over where the young child was. Matt. ii. 9.
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The Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Matt. viii. 20.
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Within about twenty paces of where we were. Goldsmith.
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Where did the minstrels come from? Dickens.
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&hand_; Where is much used in composition with preposition, and then is equivalent to a pronoun. Cf. Whereat, Whereby, Wherefore, Wherein, etc.
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Where away (Naut.), in what direction; as, where away is the land?
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Syn. -- See Whither.
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Where, conj. Whereas.
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And flight and die is death destroying death;
Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
Shak.
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Where, n. Place; situation. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Finding the nymph asleep in secret where. Spenser.
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