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whene'er

American  
[hwen-, wen-air, hwuhn-, wuhn-] / ʰwɛn-, wɛnˈɛər, ʰwən-, wən- /

conjunction

Literary.
  1. contraction of whenever.


whene'er British  
/ wɛnˈɛə /

adverb

  1. a poetic contraction of whenever

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I dine on rare and costly fare whene'er good fortune lets me, but there's no meal that can compare with those the missus gets me.

From Time Magazine Archive

His mansion is the minstrels’ home, You’ll find them there whene’er you come Of all her sex his wife’s the best; The household through her care is blest.

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Hast thou at sea, all breathless heard the blast Rolling vast waves on high whene'er it past?

From Papers from Overlook-House by Almore, Casper

A mood seizes her flesh That creeps against her will whene'er unto her The little one is pressed.

From Porzia by Rice, Cale Young

What soft emotion soothes me, whene'er I call to mind Thy sister's noble graces, her accent soft and kind, And how, when both were married, we both sat side by side!

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown