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whereby (iou)



whereby adverb & conjunction. ME.
[from WHERE pronoun + BY preposition.]
I. interrog. adverb.
By or near what; in what direction; by what means. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
S. Johnson Whereby wilt thou accomplish thy design?
II. rel. adverb & conjunction.
Beside or near which; along, through, or over which. Now rare. ME.
By means of which; according to which, in which. ME.
D. Simpson That strange osmosis whereby news..is transmitted without apparent means of communication. J. Epstein An arrangement whereby I would..pay 10 percent.
As a result of or owing to which; so that, in order that. Now rare. LME.
Whereupon. dial. L16.