Thereout vs Whereout - What's the difference?
thereout | whereout |
(obsolete) Out of it, out from it.
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, passage=Claius presently went to a Fisherman, & having agreed with him, and provided some apparrell for the naked stranger, he imbarked, and the Shepheards with him: and were no sooner gone beyond the mouth of the haven, but that some way into the sea they might discerne (as it were) a stayne of the waters colour, and by times some sparkes and smoke mounting thereout .}}
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, passage="Keep thy money, man, and gi's thy hand," says he, and they shake hands; but the old gamester gives the new hat to the shepherd, and, soon after, the half-sovereign to Willum, who thereout decorates his sweetheart with ribbons to his heart's content.}}
(obsolete) outside; outdoors
Out of which.
As an adverb thereout
is (obsolete) out of it, out from it.As a conjunction whereout is
out of which.thereout
English
Adverb
(-)- (Chaucer)
Synonyms
* (out from it) therefromAnagrams
*whereout
English
Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- The cleft whereout the lightning breaketh. — Holland.
