Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In what way; how: Wherein have we sinned?
- conj. In which location; where: the country wherein those people live.
- conj. During which.
- conj. In what way; how: showed them wherein they were wrong.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In what? in what thing, time, respect, etc.?
- In or within which or what; in which thing, time, respect, etc.
- In that in which; in whatever.
Wiktionary
- adv. How, or in what way.
- conj. Where, or in which location.
- conj. During which.
- conj. How, or in what way.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively.
- adv. In what; -- used interrogatively.
Etymologies
- where- + in (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And wherein is any argument that any of them is going to try?”
“That is absolutely the case, and in order for it to work, it's necessary to come into relationship with your word wherein you honor it as the most powerful tool you have for creating and manifesting your life.”
“Leonardo da Vinci states that practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory, of which perspective – wherein is found the glory not only of mathematical but also of physical science”
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro
“Homo-Hater's Hubby Gets Outed in Phone Call yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Homo-Hater\'s Hubby Gets Outed in Phone Call'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Among some of the blockbuster revelations in the article are Steve Kern\'s remarks, husband of infamous YouTube Queen and gun slinger Rep. Sally Kern, that have been transcribed from a phone call wherein he uses derogatory language about gay men, thinking he\'s talking to one of his brothers-in-Christ.”
“After repeating this couplet he kissed their hands and drank and was drunk and sat swaying from side to side and pursued: — All drinks wherein is blood the Law unclean”
“Know, O my son, that the Islands of Wak are seven islands, wherein is a mighty host, all virgin girls, and the Inner Isles are peopled by Satans and Marids and warlocks and various tribesmen of the Jinn; and whoso entereth their land never returneth thence; at least none hath done so to this day.”
“A company of Moslem devotees came to the village wherein is our convent, and sent a youth to buy them food.”
“I have small knowledge of the land wherein is that which the Caliph desireth; but it is told me that thou knowest it well and the ways thither.”
“Take the keys and open the cabinet in which thou shalt find a coffer of iron with four flags, which are talismans, at its corners; and in its midst stands a brazen basin full of money, wherein is tied a white cock with a cleft comb; while on one side of the coffer are eleven serpents and on the other a knife.”
“Replied Sayf al-Muluk, “O my brother I may not tarry in any place till my wish be won, albeit I compass the whole world in pursuit thereof and make quest of every one so peradventure Allah may bring me to my desire or my course lead me to the place wherein is the appointed term of my days, and I shall die my death.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wherein’.
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
about, above, across, after, afterwards, again, against, all, almost, alone, along, already and 291 more...
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Old-timey Function Words
Function Word
Herein we place all the therebys, amongsts and withals.hereby, thereby, whereby, herein, therein, wherein, forthwith, therewith, withal, amongst, moreover, heretofore and 21 more...
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♚ Magic King ♚
Including, but not limited to royalty.
hitherto, whereby, foreknowing, transcendence, notwithstanding, wherewith, forevermore, unrehearsed, sesquicentennial, unitarianism, wherein, folklore and 3 more...
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Stumbled Words
A list of words that I stumbled upon while reading.
penumbra, prolix, propitious, resplendence, sepulchral, Weltschmerz, apparition, brigand, probity, chalice, paroxysm, pallor and 160 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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artoparts's Words
illation, finite, edify, abide, abrade, vouch, amiss, vociferate, perusing, techantiquery, rigamarole, holon and 615 more...
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New words, not to be confused with th...
maladroit, aphasia, delphinium, bromide, greenhorn, just deserts, loth, supplanted, steeplechase, steeple, annex, vestments and 236 more...
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Conjunctive Adverbs
heretofore, notwithstanding, therefore, hereinafter, inasmuch, insofar, whomsoever, nonetheless, withal, thereupon, hitherto, whereas and 48 more...
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Adverbs
handy words to replace however, nevertheless and such.
whereby, thereupon, moreover, furthermore, henceforth, thus far, hitherto, therefrom, wherein, inasmuch as, insofar as, notwithstanding
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tomsteele's miscellaneous words
truthiness, somnambulist, haps, snarky, moribund, darjeeling, oolong, cinnamon, crestfallen, bemuse, debauchery, filliam h. muffman and 84 more...
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jimcommadarling's Words
murmur, ampersand, ubiquitous, euphemism, crucial, epitome, insofar, tantamount, accommodate, pathos, pulchritude, malapropism and 83 more...
Tweets
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yarb Existence without commencement,
wherein, 15,000
million years ago, three
minutes' expansion and cooling...
- Peter Reading, The First Three Minutes &c., from Fiction, 1979 Jun 26, 2008