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wherethrough

adverb

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Pronunciation: /wɛːˈθɹuː/

adv

Etymology: From where + through, compare Middle English wherethorow.

  1. Through which.

    There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.

  2. By means of which; whereby.

    They perceived her to be capable of diverse passions, and agitated by many languishing and painfull motions, wherethrough she fell into wearinesse and griefe[…].

    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, […]