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whencesoever

American  
[hwens-soh-ev-er, wens-] / ˌʰwɛns soʊˈɛv ər, ˌwɛns- /

adverb

Archaic.
  1. from whatsoever place, source, or cause.


whencesoever British  
/ ˌwɛnssəʊˈɛvə /

conjunction

  1. out of whatsoever place, cause, or origin

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of whencesoever

1505–15; modeled on wheresoever; see whence

Example Sentences

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And whencesoever thou willest, thou gatherest Me; and gathering Me, thou gatherest Thyself.’”

From The Gnostic Crucifixion by Mead, G. R. S.

The entire national dividend, whencesoever derived, is a fund out of which all social improvements may be paid.

From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.

I had only to address him, however, to dissipate these clouds, whencesoever they came, and to recall his usual animated readiness of manner.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

Typifying not only the aims, but also the methods, of the British people, he never seems to distrust his own counsels whencesoever they spring nor to lack the courage to change them in a twinkling.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph

Let us assume, now, that under all circumstances we somehow sense the direction of the total resultant mass-acceleration whencesoever it may arise as the vertical.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

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