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What

What	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?
What	pron., a., & adv.	As an exclamatory word: (a) Used absolutely or independently; often with a question following.
What	pron., a., & adv.	Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!
What	pron., a., & adv.	Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!
What	pron., a., & adv.	As a relative pronoun
What	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.
What	pron., a., & adv.	Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.
What	pron., a., & adv.	Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.
What	pron., a., & adv.	Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; used indefinitely.
What	pron., a., & adv.	Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.
What	n.	Something; thing; stuff.
What	interrog. adv.	Why? For what purpose? On what account?

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