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What's The Definition Of Whence?
[adv] from what place or origin or source; "whence did he come?"; "whence comes this splendid feast?"; "sketches the lawless society whence the ballads sprang"-DeLancey Ferguson
Synonyms | Synonyms for Whence: wherefrom Related Terms | Find terms related to Whence: See Also | Whence In Webster's Dictionary \Whence\, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s,
properly a genitive ending; -- see {-wards}), also whenne,
whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D.
when. See {When}, and cf. {Hence}, {Thence}.]
1. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin,
antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used
interrogatively.
Whence hath this man this wisdom? --Matt. xiii.
54.
Whence and what art thou? --Milton.
2. From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.;
the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.
Grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends.
--Milton.
Note: All the words of this class, whence, where, whither,
whereabouts, etc., are occasionally used as pronouns by
a harsh construction.
O, how unlike the place from whence they fell?
--Milton.
Note: From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by
the use of good writers.
From whence come wars and fightings among you?
--James iv. 1.
Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become obsolete.
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