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whence
(mass) | whence
- odkiaľ |
whence
(encz) | whence,odkud Zdeněk Brož |
Whence
(gcide) | Whence \Whence\, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s,
properly a genitive ending; -- see -wards), also whenne,
whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D.
when. See When, and cf. Hence, Thence.]
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1. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin,
antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used
interrogatively.
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Whence hath this man this wisdom? --Matt. xiii.
54.
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Whence and what art thou? --Milton.
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2. From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.;
the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.
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Grateful to acknowledge whence his good
Descends. --Milton.
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Note: All the words of this class, whence, where, whither,
whereabouts, etc., are occasionally used as pronouns by
a harsh construction.
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O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?
--Milton.
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Note: From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by
the use of good writers.
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From whence come wars and fightings among you?
--James iv. 1.
[1913 Webster] Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become
obsolete.
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whence
(wn) | whence
adv 1: from what place, source, or cause |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
whence
(mass) | whence
- odkiaľ |
whence
(encz) | whence,odkud Zdeněk Brož |
Whenceever
(gcide) | Whenceever \Whence*ev"er\, adv. & conj.
Whencesoever. [R.]
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Whenceforth
(gcide) | Whenceforth \Whence`forth"\, adv.
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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Whencesoever
(gcide) | Whencesoever \Whence`so*ev"er\, adv. & conj.
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever.
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Any idea, whencesoever we have it. --Locke.
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whence
(wn) | whence
adv 1: from what place, source, or cause |
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