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whatsoe'er

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[hwuht-soh-air, hwot-, wuht-, wot-] / ˌʰwʌt soʊˈɛər, ˌʰwɒt-, ˌwʌt-, ˌwɒt- /

pronoun

Literary.
  1. contraction of whatsoever.


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Master, I cannot because of thy sex; but whatsoe’er thou art, tell old Margery why thou art so dressed, and why you wander forth alone?”

From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by Clyde Osmer De Land

Whate'er of pain the passing years allot I gladly bear; With thee I triumph whatsoe'er my lot Nor can despair.

From From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography by George Edwards M.P. O.B.E.

Meanwhile the young Winona, half reclined, Plies her swift needle, that resource refined For woman's leisure, whatsoe'er her lot, The kingly palace or the savage cot.

From Indian Legends of Minnesota by Mrs. Cordenio A. Severance

But on the day following the joust, the esquires and the gentlefolk, but not the waiting-men, apparelled them, whatsoe'er it cost, in satin, broidered with silver.

From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Christin? de Pisan

With whatsoe'er we do some night is mingled, And e'en our eye has something of its blackness.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

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