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whom relative pron.:
1. = which, e.g. 2H6 III. ii. 345 “the seal, Through whom a thousand sighs are breath'd for thee,” Troil. III. iii. 202 “a mystery—with whom” . . .
2. used for ‘who’ Tp. V. i. 76 “whom, with Sebastian . . . Would here have kill'd your king,” Meas. II. i. 73, John IV. ii. 165 “whom they say is kill'd to-night,” Cym. I. iv. 142.
3. once preceded by “the” Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 541 “your mistress,—from the whom” . . .
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    • William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 4.3
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