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whensoever

American  
[hwen-soh-ev-er, wen-] / ˌʰwɛn soʊˈɛv ər, ˌwɛn- /

adverb

  1. at whatsoever time.


whensoever British  
/ ˌwɛnsəʊˈɛvə /

conjunction

  1. rare an intensive form of whenever

"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 whensoever

1275–1325; Middle English, equivalent to whenso (modeled on whereso; see wheresoever) + ever ever

Example Sentences

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I pray you, provide me two kine, for we are in great want of victuals; whensoever you shall make a fire on shore, I will send my boat to you.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

I will further say that I lament with all my heart whensoever what remains of truth in the Anglican system gives way before unbelief.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Then, when he had led them for a while, he said to Sir Beaumains, "My lord, my thirty knights and I shall always be at thy command whensoever thou shalt send for us."

From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown

So it was that whensoever their cavalcade would make a halt, that place where they would rest would suddenly bloom forth, as it were, with the glory of their coming.

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

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