Whereof
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /wɛəɹˈɒv/ · Part of speech conjunction
Quick meaning: Whereof is a conjunction meaning (formal) Of what.
Meaning
(formal) Of what.
More Meanings
- (formal) Of which.
- (formal) Of whom.
- (archaic) With or by which.
- (archaic) Of what.
- (archaic) Of which.
Example Sentences
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
Then they set somewhat of food before me, whereof I ate my fill, and gave me somewhat of clothes wherewith I clad myself anew and covered my nakedness; after which they took me up into the ship, […]
However, upon a ſtrict Review, I blotted out ſeveral Paſſages of leſs Moment which were in my firſt Copy, for fear of being cenſured as tedious and trifling, whereof Travellers are often, perhaps not without Juſtice, accuſed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include what, effecting, ratification, something, whereover, wherefrom.
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