(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ sometimes -|äf adverb
Etymology: Middle English wherof, from where wher where + of
1. : of what
knows whereof he speaks — H.U.Ribalow
whereof are you made, that millions of strange shadows on you tend — Shakespeare
2.
a. : of which
modernized old houses, whereof even the new ones are often as classically beautiful as ever — Yankee
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted — U.S.Constitution
: of whom
the very earliest poets whereof there is record — J.C.Powys
b. archaic : with or by which
wine whereof his sire … was poisoned — Christopher Marlowe