whensoever
Americanadverb
conjunction
Etymology
Origin of whensoever
1275–1325; Middle English, equivalent to whenso (modeled on whereso; see wheresoever) + ever ever
Example Sentences
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A governor on his appointment is invested with a silver sword as a badge of office, and is bound to appear with his contingent of militia, whensoever summoned for military service.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
And they did entreat the parson of Lesingham to let them depart at that time, and whensoever it should please them to call them up again, they would gladly do them any service they could.
From Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations by Madders, S. S.
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
It is a famous saying of Bracton, he is no longer king, than while he rules well, but a tyrant whensoever he oppresseth the people that are trusted to his care and government.
From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander
In short, "the essence of physiological selection" consists in all cases of the diversifying effect of cross-infertility, whensoever and howsoever it may happen in particular cases to have been caused.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John
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