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What
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(pron., a., & adv.) Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; - used indefinitely.
(2):
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
(3):
(pron., a., & adv.) As an exclamatory word: - (a) Used absolutely or independently; - often with a question following.
(4):
(pron., a., & adv.) As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?
(5):
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
(6):
(n.) Something; thing; stuff.
(7):
(pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
(8):
(interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?
(9):
(pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun
(10):
(pron., a., & adv.) Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; - called a compound relative.
(11):
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; - with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
(12):
(pron., a., & adv.) Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'What'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/what.html. 1828.
