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whithersoever, adv.|ˌhwɪðəsəʊˈɛvə(r)|
Forms: see whither adv., so, and ever adv.; also 4 contr. whidur-sever. (In early use as two or as three words.)
[f. prec. + ever adv. 8 e; cf. soever.]
To whatever place. a. To (or in) any place to which: = wherever 3.
c1230Hali Meid. 25 Folhen godd almihti..hwider se he eauer wendeð. c1320Cast. Love (ed. Hall.) 1785 Thei shull be so lyȝht and swyft, That whidur-sever they thenk they may be lyft. 1464Rolls of Parlt. V. 567/2 Over the See, or whether soo ever it please theym. 1535Coverdale 2 Sam. viii. 6 Y⊇ Lorde helped Dauid whither so euer he wente. 1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea §45. 111 The Marchant having bought the goods, hee might presently transport them whethersoever he would. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1768) VI. 277, I will..attend you whithersoever you please. 1863Hawthorne Our Old Home, Leam. Spa, He has a right to go whithersoever they lead him. 1885Spectator 30 May 704/2 With Victor Hugo inspiration is..to be followed blindly whithersoever it may lead.
b. Whether to one place or another; no matter to what place: cf. wherever 4.
1583B. Melbancke Philotimus F iv, I remit thy crime howsoeuer or whithersoeuer thou wentest. 1749Fielding Tom Jones viii. x, Whoever you are, or whithersoever you are going,..I have Obligations to you which I can never return. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iv. iv, So walks Father Gérard; solid in his thick shoes, whithersoever bound. 1913Athenæum 23 Aug. 183/3 Whatsoever you may be doing, or whithersoever you may turn.
So † ˈwhithersum, † ˌwhithersoˈmever advs. [see sum rel. adv. 2, somever], in same senses.
a1300Cursor M. 6359 Queder-sum he welk her or þare, Þis wandes euer he wit him bare. Ibid. 6666 Til ilk sted Quider-sum he þat folk ledd. a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 19 Clerkes and yeomen..to precede the King..whythyr somever the King go. 1485Caxton St. Wenefryde 16 Euery man myght go..peasybly whyder someuer he wold. 1526Tindale Matt. viii. 19 Whythersumever thou goest. |