Meanings
adverbwhereunto (not comparable)
- archaicformalinterrogativenot comparablesometimesUnto what or which; to what purpose.
I will retire as soon as you have told Whereunto leadeth this lost thread of gold.
1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, section XVIII1 more example
[…] for that they were content somewhat to unwrest the sovereignty from the height whereunto he had strained it; which brought the state to a better proportion of harmony.
a. 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, An Introduction to a Breviary of the History of England […]Synonyms: whereto
conjunction
- archaicformalunto which
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUnto what or which; to what purpose.
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