whithertoadv.
/hwɪðəˈtuː//ˈhwɪðətuː/ Now rare or Obsolete.
To what place, state, result, etc.? to what? whither? whereto?
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1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xii. f. xxiii Whitherto came he? By despisyng of this lyfe, he attained immortalitie.
1592 N. Breton Pilgrimage to Paradise 97 All the world may see, From whence we came, and whetherto we must.
1625 Bp. J. Hall Meditation of Death in Wks. 129 Whitherto haue tended all thy serious meditations?
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 125 Whitherto shall we refer that verb?
1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins II. xix. 241 Fearing whitherto it might grow.
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