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whereunto, adv. Now formal or arch.|hwɛərʌnˈtuː, -ˈʌntuː|
[f. where 15 + unto.]
1. interrog. Unto what? † to what end? for what purpose? wherefore? = whereto 1, 2.
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. lxviii, Than said I thus, ‘quhare⁓unto lyve I langer?’ 1490Caxton Eneydos liv. 149 Alle they that ben here, knowe well wheronto the thynge is come. 1526Tindale Matt. xi. 16 But whearevnto shall y lyken this generacion? ― Acts v. 24 When..the hye prestes herde these thynges, they doubted off them, where vnto this wolde growe. 1552Latimer Serm., St. Andrew's Day (1562) 119 When Andrew hearde wherunto Christ was come, he forsoke his maister Iohn, and came to Christe. 1865Pusey Eirenicon 174 Which, whereunto it may lead, one had rather not think.
2. rel. Unto which: = whereto 3.
1490Caxton Eneydos xxix. 111 The operacyons and wodnesses of helle..wherunto she hath subdued and submytted herself. 1526Tindale Acts xiii. 2 Seperat me Barnabas and Saul for the worke where vnto I have called them. Ibid. xxvii. 8 A place called Goode porte. Neye where vnto was a citte called Lasea. 1530in Leadam Sel. Cases Star Chamber (Selden Soc.) II. 50 Decrees..whervnto the seid Abbott was neuer partye. 1560Bible (Genev.) Deut. iv. 26 The land, whereunto ye go ouer Iorden to possesse it. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 24 The Water of fforth is ane arme of the Sea, and a place quhairwnto the sey flowis and ebbis. 1611Shakes. Cymb. iii. vii. 13 With those Legions Which I haue spoke of whereunto your leuie Must be suppliant. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. ii. 6 The omnisciency of God, whereunto there is nothing concealable. a1687Petty Pol. Arith. iv. (1690) 76 It is also material to examin, how many of them do get more than they spend, and how many less. In order whereunto it is to be considered, that [etc.]. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 128 Your family-vault,..whereunto even my Harry must finally adjourn. 1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. xiv. 302 The too sudden variations of temperature where⁓unto the glass would be subjected. 1846Trench Mirac. xxxiii. (1862) 464 Unlike as was his outward appearance to that whereunto their eyes were accustomed. 1871T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 552 The lower valve of the shell being fixed immediately to the rock whereunto the animal is attached. |