释义 |
whencesoever, adv., conj.|hwɛnssəʊˈɛvə(r)| Also poet. -soe'er |-səʊˈɛə(r)|. (In early use as two words.) [f. whence + soever.] From whatever place or source; wherever{ddd}from. (Also with redundant from.)
1511Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 22 This Cytie of Jherusalem..stondeth vpon suche a grounde that from whens soever a man commyth theder he must nede ascende. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, ii. iii. 22 It is my Sonne, young Harry Percie, Sent from my Brother Worcester: Whence soeuer. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. 208 (1) Whencesoever the name came, it is antient. 1670Dryden 1st Pt. Conq. Granada iv. ii, From whence-soe're their Hate our Houses drew, I blush to tell you, I have none for you. 1759Johnson Rasselas xxxviii, Whoever or whencesoever you are. 1842Manning Serm. i. (1848) I. 2 Whatsoever or whencesoever be the origin of Sin. 1887Morris Odyssey i. 10 O Goddess,..from whencesoever ye may, Gather the tale. 1912G. B. Gray Crit. Introd. O.T. 200 He re-moulds his material, whencesoever derived. |