wherein
adverb
Early Modern English
Meaning
In what place, thing or way. tree →
Then and now
Today we say "in which" or "where"; the word itself is old and no longer used in everyday speech.
Examples
- And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. (Torah NUM.31.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- Presently he finds himself in a different world, wherein he meets a beauteous maiden who explains everything to him. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
- And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. (Torah GEN.7.15, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: in which.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «wherein» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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