| 1. prowhich (of the two), whichever (of two). conj. if; if used to introduce two possibilities the second of which is usually preceded by or. whetherwhether , pron. [oe. whether, as. hw? er; akin to os. hwe ar, ofries. hweder, ohg. hwedar, wedar, g. weder, conj., neither, icel. hvārr whether, goth. hwa ar, lith. katras, l. uter, gr. , , skr. katara, from the interrogatively pronoun, in as. hwā who. . see: who, and cf. either, neither, or, conj.] which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively. [archaic] now choose yourself whether that you liketh. one day in doubt i cast for to compare whether in beauties' glory did exceed. whether of them twain did the will of his father? xxi. 31.whether whether, conj. 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? you have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. 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. xiv |
