(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:23:49

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 1913.

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