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Webster 1913 Edition


Whereby

Where-by′

,
adv.
1.
By which; – used relatively.
“You take my life when you take the means whereby I life.”
Shak.
2.
By what; how; – used interrogatively.
Whereby
shall I know this?
Luke i. 18.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whereby

WHEREBY

,
adv.
[where and by.]
1.
By which.
You take my life, when you do take the means whereby I live.
2.
By what, interrogatively.
Whereby shall I know this? Luke 1.