What does wherethrough mean?
Wherethrough means (archaic) Through which..
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/wɛːˈθɹuː/ · adverb
(archaic) Through which..
There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.
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, […]
They perceived her to be capable of diverse passions, and agitated by many languishing and painfull motions, wherethrough she fell into wearinesse and griefe[…].
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Wherethrough means (archaic) Through which..
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There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.
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