adv. (conj.) rare. [f. WHERE 15 + UP prep.]
† 1. = WHEREUPON 2, 3 b. Obs.
1340. Ayenb., 251. Hy comþ doun of þe heȝe roche hueroppe hi ys yzet.
1425. Paston Lett., I. 21. Wher up… I prey yow hertily to sette al these matieres in continuaunce.
2. Up which; upwards along which.
1880. A. Mary F. Robinson, in Athenæum, 17 April, 502/3.
| And far away along the spiral track | |
| Whereup, having passed their mortal period, | |
| Flash perfect souls to lose themselves in God. |
1916. H. E. G. Rope, Relig. Ancilla, 29.
| Amid the never-ending ranks of vine | |
| Lamping the wilderness with human life, | |
| Whereup the purple haze of even climbs. |
