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whithersoever

American  
[hwith-er-soh-ev-er, with-] / ˌʰwɪð ər soʊˈɛv ər, ˌwɪð- /

conjunction

Archaic.
  1. to whatsoever place.


whithersoever British  
/ ˌwɪðəsəʊˈɛvə /

adverb

  1. archaic to whichever place

"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 whithersoever

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to whitherso “whithersoever” ( Old English swā hwider swā ) + ever ever


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And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward, Oh whithersoever they blow ...

From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2012

Americans, he believed, should go wherever they wanted to go, although he said so in a potentially tongue-tying sentence: "Let us go on whithersoever our destiny may lead us."

From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2011

Well, God’s will be done—whatever it may be, and whithersoever it may lead!

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

When you behold the star," said he to his followers, "follow it whithersoever it leads you.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

For the soldiers, perceiving the Light in her face, followed in awed confidence whithersoever she led.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy

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