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# whereby

adverb

«whereby» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

By what means or by which thing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereby/#m1)

### Then and now

Today we would say "how" or "by what means"; the word is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

### Examples

- And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?' (Torah GEN.15.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereby/#x1)
- And now I have something to give you whereby to remember me when I am gone.” (Japanese Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereby/#x2)
- Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.' (Torah GEN.44.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereby/#x3)

### Note

Today: by which; how.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whereby» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whereby/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whereby» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/whereby.html) on Mova free.