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# whither

adverb

«whither» 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

To what place; to which place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whither/#m1)

### Then and now

Today we say "where to" or "to where"; the word is old and no longer used in everyday speech.

### Examples

- Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad. (Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whither/#x1)
- We know whither they are taken! (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whither/#x2)
- And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whither shall I go?' (Torah GEN.37.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/W/whither/#x3)

### Note

Today: where to.

## On Mova

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