What does whereup mean?
Whereup means (archaic, poetic) Up which..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(archaic, poetic) Up which..
[…] for whom those peaks of snow / Whereup the lungs of man with borrowed breath / Go labouring to a doom I may not feel, / Are but a pearled and roseate plain beneath / My wingèd helmet and my wingèd heel.
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Whereup means (archaic, poetic) Up which..
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[…] for whom those peaks of snow / Whereup the lungs of man with borrowed breath / Go labouring to a doom I may not feel, / Are but a pearled and roseate plain beneath / My wingèd helmet and my wingèd heel.
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