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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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But after a while the music, whencesoever it came, faded away and ceased.

From I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

That is true, whencesoever it has been taken.

From The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained by E. H. (Ezra Hall) Gillett

The cause of our country would suffer little; the rabble, whencesoever they come, will be always patriots, and always supporters of the bill of rights.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson

Power is present means, whencesoever derived, to attain some future apparent good.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

One may get good advice from the most unexpected quarter, and whencesoever good advice may come it is worth while to follow it.

From Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray

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