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   Wher , Where , pron. & conj. [See Whether.] Whether.  [Sometimes written whe'r.] [Obs.]
   Piers Plowman.
   
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   Men must enquire (this is mine assent),
   Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Where , adv. [OE. wher, whar, AS. hwr; akin to D. waar, OS. hwr, OHG. hwār, wār, wā, 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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   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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   ☞ See the Note under What, pron., 1.
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   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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   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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   ☞ 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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   ☞ 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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