Finding the nymph asleep in secret where.
Spenser.
{ Where"a*bout` (?), Where"a*bouts` (?) }, adv.
1. About where; near what or which place; — used interrogatively and
relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?
In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.
2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they are
conversant." Hooker.
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{ Where"a*bout` (?), Where"a*bouts` (?), } n. The place where a person
or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak.
A puzzling notice of thy whereabout.
Wordsworth.
Where*as" (?), adv. At which place; where. [Obs.] Chaucer.
At last they came whereas that lady bode.
Spenser.
Where*as", conj.
1. Considering that; it being the case that; since; — used to introduce
a preamble which is the basis of declarations, affirmations, commands,
requests, or like, that follow.
2. When in fact; while on the contrary; the case being in truth that;
although; — implying opposition to something that precedes; or implying
recognition of facts, sometimes followed by a different statement, and
sometimes by inferences or something consequent.
Are not those found to be the greatest zealots who are most notoriously
ignorant? whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge.
Sprat.
Where*at" (?), adv.