WHERE, adv. 1. At which place or places.She visited the place where first she was so happy--In all places where I record my name, I will come to thee and I will bless thee. Exodus 20.2. At or in what place.Adam, where art thou? Genesis 3.3. At the place in which.Where I though the remnant of my age should have been cherishd by her child-like duty.4. Whither; to what place, or from what place. Where are you going? Where are you from? [These uses of where are common, and the first cannot be condemned as vulgar.]Any where, in any place. I sought the man, but could not find him any where.[Note. Where seems to have been originally a noun, and was so used by Spenser. He shall find no where safe to him. In this sense, it is obsolete; yet it implies place, its original signification.]
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