The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whereby \Where*by"\, adv.
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   1. By which; -- used relatively. "You take my life when you
      take the means whereby I life." --Shak.
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   2. By what; how; -- used interrogatively.
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            Whereby shall I know this?            --Luke i. 18.
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