WHITHER

Whith″er (?), adv. [[OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadrē whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither.]] 1. 1. To what place; — used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? “Whider may I flee?” Chaucer.
Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? Shak. 2. 2. To what or which place; — used relatively.
That no man should know . . . whither that he went. Chaucer. We came unto the land whither thou sentest us. Num. xiii. 27. 3. 3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; — used in a sense not physical.
Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. Milton. Any whither, to any place; anywhere. “Any whither, in hope of life eternal.” Jer. Taylor. — No whither, to no place; nowhere. 2 Kings v. 25. Syn. — Where. — Whither, Where. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, “Where are you going?”