whereto
Americanconjunction
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Archaic. to what or what place or end.
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to which.
adverb
pronoun
Etymology
Origin of whereto
First recorded in 1175–1225, whereto is from the Middle English word wherto. See where, to
Example Sentences
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Now the tryst even has its own whereto literature.
From Time Magazine Archive
When he left it again he wore a heavy dark-blue cloak, the gift of the township of Low Torning, whereto he was bound, for they wanted a wizard there.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
He put back on his salt-crusted clothes, for there was not enough water to wash them, and going out into the grey windy morning looked over this place whereto the shadow had tricked him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
He looks mild and demure enough in his kitchen yard retreat, whereto, upon piercing outcry for help, the farmer and his two sons have haled him, and where the camera has caught him.
From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse
Why, good la|dies, This is a service whereto I am go|ing, Greater than any war: it more imports | me Than all the actions that I have foregone, Or futurely can cope.
From A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy by Spalding, William
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