whensoeveradv.conj.

c1320 Cast. Love (Halliw.) 177 Thet whensoever the appul he ȝete, Thorwhe deth that lyfe he shulde forlete.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 532 To..whom-so-euer or which-so-euer and whan-so-euer he wolde yeve bequeth..hit.

1486 Bk. St. Albans d ij b Whensoeuer and whersoeuer thay se any tame Dookes.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiv. f. lxvj Ye shall have povre with you all wayes: and when soever ye will, ye maye do them goode.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 157 What he with..all probation will make vp full cleare Whensoeuer he's conuented. View more context for this quotation

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 449 Whensoever the Romans conquered an Enemy, it was indeed the General himself only, who was said to triumph.

1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 20 Whensoever Mr. Southey issues from the press, we find him arrayed in a different costume.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Peter Bell III v, in Poet. Wks. (?1840) 243/1 Whensoever he should please, He could speak of rocks and trees In poetic metre.

1853 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. ii. 51 The bishop first blessed the attire with which those ministers were to be arrayed whensoever they had to go about their holy office.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 154 + 8 If his fitnes speakes, mine is ready: now or whensoeuer, prouided I be so able as now.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. B5^v Either rising from the board, or from his bed at midnight, or whensoever applying himself wholly..to the subject.