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wheresoe'er

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[hwair-soh-air, wair-] / ˌʰwɛər soʊˈɛər, ˌwɛər- /

conjunction

Literary.
  1. contraction of wheresoever.


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Ye Ocean-Waves! that wheresoe'er ye roll, Yield homage only to eternal laws!

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin

From all such, wheresoe’er they be,       Libera nos, Domine!’

From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Charles Godfrey Leland

Her Eyes shed Mercy, wheresoe'er they shine; And her Soul melts, at every Woe—but mine.

From The Life of Mr. Richard Savage Who was Condemn'd with Mr. James Gregory, the last Sessions at the Old Baily, for the Murder of Mr. James Sinclair, at Robinson's Coffee-house at Charing-Cross. by Anonymous

He's near thee wheresoe'er thy footsteps roam, And he will guide thee, light thee, help thee home.

From Miss Ellis's Mission by Mary P. Wells Smith

It is not now as it hath been of yore; Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

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