Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Wherein /wârinʹ/ · Where·in · IPA /wɛˈɹɪn/ 01 adv. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. 1. In which; in which place, thing, time, respect, or the like; -- used relatively. “Her clothes wherein she was clad.” — Chaucer. “There are times wherein a man ought to be cautious as well as innocent.” — Swift. 2. In what; -- used interrogatively. “Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him!” — Mal. ii. 17.