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Meaning of WHEREBY

Pronunciation:  wehr'bI

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  by or through which; "the means whereby we achieved our goal"
  2. [adv]  as a result of which
 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Where*by"\, adv.
1. By which; -- used relatively. ``You take my life when you
   take the means whereby I life.'' --Shak.

2. By what; how; -- used interrogatively.

         Whereby shall I know this?            --Luke i. 18.

 

 

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