- possessive of whosoever.
whosesoever
Americanpronoun
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(the possessive case of whosoever used as an attributive adjective).
Whosesoever books are overdue will be fined.
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the one or ones belonging to whomsoever.
Whosesoever are left here will be confiscated.
Etymology
Origin of whosesoever
1605–15; earlier whoseso whosesoever ( see whose, so 1) + ever
Example Sentences
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Nom. whoever, whosoever, Pos. whosever, whosesoever, Obj. whomever. whomsoever.
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg
They are declined as follows: Singular and Plural Nom. who which whoever whosoever Poss. whose of which whosever whosesoever Obj. whom which whomever whomsoever That, what, whichever, whichsoever, whatever, and whatsoever are not declined.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
But "He may perfectly well have said: 'Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted; whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.'"
From Matthew Arnold by George William Erskine Russell
“May we not suspect, then, that his notion of the ‘Unity of the Deity’ does not quite coincide with the foundation already laid, whosesoever else may?”
From Phaethon by Charles Kingsley
But whosesoever they were, little did the pious friends who placed them there ever imagine the fate to which they were destined.
From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens
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