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where⋅by

[hwair-bahy, wair-]
–conjunction, adverb
1. by what or by which; under the terms of which.
2. Obsolete. by what? how?

Origin:
1150–1200; ME wherby. See where, by 1
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where·by   (hwâr-bī', wâr-)   
conj.  In accordance with which; by or through which.
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