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Definition of Whithir

Whith"er (?), adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadrē whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither.]

1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? "Whider may I flee?" Chaucer.

Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?
Shak.

2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.

That no man should know . . . whither that he went.
Chaucer.

We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.
Num. xiii. 27.

3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.

Nor have I . . . whither to appeal.
Milton.

Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] "Any whither, in hope of life eternal." Jer. Taylor. -- No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] 2 Kings v. 25.

Syn. -- Where. -- Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, "Where are you going?"

Whith"er (?), adv. [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadrē whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither.]

1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? "Whider may I flee?" Chaucer.

Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?
Shak.

2. To what or which place; -- used relatively.

That no man should know . . . whither that he went.
Chaucer.

We came unto the land whither thou sentest us.
Num. xiii. 27.

3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.

Nor have I . . . whither to appeal.
Milton.

Any whither, to any place; anywhere. [Obs.] "Any whither, in hope of life eternal." Jer. Taylor. -- No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.] 2 Kings v. 25.

Syn. -- Where. -- Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, "Where are you going?"

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • To which place. (Whither am I going?)
         This word is unusual in modern usage; where is much more common. It is more often encountered in older works, or when used poetically.
  • To which place. (I do not know whither I am going.)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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