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 Whith·er adv.
 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. [Obs.] “Any whither, in hope of life eternal.” --Jer. Taylor.
 No whither, to no place; nowhere. [Obs.]
 Syn: -- Where.
 Usage: -- 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?”
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