wherethrough

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English

Etymology

From where +‎ through, compare Middle English wherethorow

Pronunciation

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Adverb

wherethrough (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Through which.
    There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.
  2. (obsolete) By means of which; whereby.
    • Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
    • 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode V, page 16.
      […] the river Oanis, and the lake of his native land, and the sacred channels wherethrough doth Hipparis give water to the people, […]
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