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   Which , pron. [OE. which, whilk, AS. hwilc, hwylc, hwelc, from the root of hwā who + līc body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welīh, hwelīh, Icel. hvīlīkr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, hwleiks; cf. L. qualis. . See Who, and Like, a., and cf. Such.]
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   Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. [Obs.]
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   And which they weren and of what degree.
   Chaucer.
   
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   A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1.
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   Which of you convinceth me of sin?
   John viii. 46.
   
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   A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons.
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   And when thou fail'st -- as God forbid the hour! --
   Must Edward fall, which peril heaven forfend!
   Shak.
   
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   God . . . rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
   Gen. ii. 2.
   
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   Our Father, which art in heaven.
   Matt. vi. 9.
   
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   The temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
   1 Cor. iii. 17.
   
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   A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and the like; as, take which you will.
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   ☞ The which was formerly often used for which. The expressions which that, which as, were also sometimes used by way of emphasis.
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   Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
   James ii. 7.
   
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   ☞ Which, referring to a series of preceding sentences, or members of a sentence, may have all joined to it adjectively. “All which, as a method of a proclamation, is very convenient.” Carlyle.
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