Definition of Whither

1. adv. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?

2. adv. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?

Definition of Whither

1. Adverb. (context: literary or archaic) To which place. ¹

2. Conjunction. (context: literary or archaic) To which place ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive obsolete dialectal) To wuther. ¹

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Definition of Whither

1. to what place [adv]

Medical Definition of Whither

1. 1. To what place; used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? "Whider may I flee?" "Sir Valentine, whither away so fast?" (Shak) 2. To what or which place; used relatively. "That no man should know . . . Whither that he went." (Chaucer) "We came unto the land whither thou sentest us." (Num. Xiii. 27) 3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; used in a sense not physical. "Nor have I . . . Whither to appeal." (Milton) Any whither, to any place; anywhere. "Any whither, in hope of life eternal." . No whither, to no place; nowhere. Synonym: Where. Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, "Where are you going?" Origin: OE. Whider. AS. Hwider; akin to E. Where, who; cf. Goth. Hvadre whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whither

whitewater
whitewater rafting
whiteweed
whiteweeds
whitewing
whitewings
whitewood
whitewoods
whitework
whitewort
whitey
whiteys
whitflaw
whitflaws
whith
whither (current term)
whithered
whitherever
whithering
whithers
whitherso
whithersoever
whitherward
whitier
whities
whitiest
whitile
whiting
whiting-mop
whiting out

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