Wherein

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wherein \Where*in"\, adv.
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     1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the
        like; -- used relatively.
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              Her clothes wherein she was clad.     --Chaucer.
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              There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious
              as well as innocent.                  --Swift.
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     2. In what; -- used interrogatively.
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              Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him! --Mal. ii.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wherein
       adv 1: in regard to which; "a case wherein he took an active part"
       2: in the course or during which; "a period wherein he did not
          work"
       3: in which; where; "the particular state wherein you reside"
       4: in what; "wherein consists this matter?"