Whether
Definition of Whether
Wheth´er
pron.
1.
Which (of two); which one (of two); - used
interrogatively
and
relatively
.
Now
choose
yourself
whether
that you
liketh
.
- Chaucer.
One day in
doubt
I
cast
for to
compare
Whether
in
beauties
'
glory
did
exceed
.
- Spenser.
Whether
of them
twain
did the will of his
father
?
- Matt. xxi. 31.
conj.
1.
In
case
; if; - used to
introduce
the first or two or more
alternative
clauses
, the other or
others
being
connected
by
or
, or by
or whether
. When the
second
of two
alternatives
is the
simple
negative
of the first it is
sometimes
only
indicated
by the
particle
not
or
no
after the
correlative
, and
sometimes
it is
omitted
entirely
as being
distinctly
implied
in the
whether
of the first.
And now who
knows
But you,
Lorenzo
,
whether
I am
yours
?
- Shak.
You have said; but
whether
wisely
or no,
let
the
forest
judge
.
- Shak.
For
whether
we
live
, we
live
unto
the
Lord
; and
whether
we
die
, we
die
unto
the
Lord
;
whether
we
live
therefore
, or
die
, we are the
Lord
's.
- Rom. xiv. 8.
But
whether
thus
these
things
, or
whether
not;
Whether
the
sun
,
predominant
in
heaven
,
Rise
on the
earth
, or
earth
rise
on the
sun
, . . .
Solicit
not
thy
thoughts
with
matters
hid
.
- Milton.
Whether or no
in
either
case
; in any
case
; as, I will go
whether or no
.
Whether that
whether
.
- Shak.
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