whereinto

American  

[wair-in-too, hwair-, wair-in-too, hwair-] / wɛərˈɪn tu, ʰwɛər-, ˌwɛər ɪnˈtu, ˌʰwɛər- /

conjunction

1. into which.

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whereinto British  

/ wɛərˈɪntuː /

adverb

1. into what place?

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pronoun

1. into which place

Etymology

Origin of whereinto

First recorded in 1530–40; where + into

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Example Sentences

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whereinto

John was far ahead wrestling with What is required in the commandments, while poor Elizabeth plodded behind, struggling with the question as to Wherein consisted the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor

During the months of July and August she usually renteth a cool cellar, where ices are kept, whereinto she descendeth when Sirius rageth.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various

A prosaic down-traveling steamer became the wonderful ship of Ulysses, his seamen bound to smokestacks and railing, his prow pointed for the ocean whereinto the River crammed its deep flood.

From The Poor Little Rich Girl by Eleanor Gates

Now, holding a lantern above his head, the deviser of the trap whereinto we, mouselike, had blindly entered, came through the cellars, following the brown man who carried Weymouth.

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer

For if they haue assumed a deade bodie, whereinto they lodge themselues, they can easely inough open without dinne anie Doore or Window, and enter in thereat.

From Daemonologie. by King of England James I

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