whatsoeverpron.adj.

/hwɒtsəʊˈɛvə/

Forms: Also poetic whatsoe'er

/hwɒtsəʊˈɛə(r)/. Also Middle English quat-sever, 1500s whats'ever. (In early use often as two words or three.)

Etymology: < whatso pron. and adj. + ever adv. 6; compare soever adv.

a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > whatever

whatso?c1200

which-soc1230

whatsomea1300

whatsoeverc1320

whatsomeverc1400

c1320 Cast. Love 420 Riht ne spareþ for to jugge What-so-euere Soþ wol sugge.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) 270 Wisdom ðe made ilc ðing of noȝt, Quuat-so-euere on heuone or her is wroȝt.

c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xlvii Quat-seuer ȝe wille with the kingus men do.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii ^v What so euer thou wylt aske of god thy fader I knowe wel he wyll graunte it vnto the.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xiv. f. cxlij^v Whatsoever ye axe in my name, that will I do.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlvii. 95 Whosoeuer hath the name of a mortall man there is in him whatsoeuer the name of vanitie doth comprehend.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 9 Whatsoeuer now the Heau'ns wide armes embrace.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 153 He knew whats'ever's to be known.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xii. 81 Whatsoe'er my wakened thoughts create.

1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 103 More grievous will be that fire, than whatsoever man can suffer in this life.

b. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever > any at all which or who

whichever1388

whatsomeverc1400

whatsoever1484

whatso1591

everwhich1903

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi. ii None, for what so euer myght that he haue ought not to despreyse the other.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Phil. iv. 8 Whatsoever thyngs are true, whatsoever thyngs are honest,..those same have ye in youre mynde.

1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Feuer Pestilence (new ed.) sig. Niiii^v Whatsoeuer thinges ar seen with bodily iyen.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 587 In whatsoever shape he lurk, of whom Thou telst.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 71 Whatsoever things We asked for,..those were ours.

a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > pronoun indicating no matter what

whatevera1375

whatso1377

whatsoevera1400

whatsomevera1400

whichsoeverc1515

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10508 Þu ma gode chere Quat so euer þu se or here.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 37 I will knowe the soth, what-so-euer it coste.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xliii. 143 I woll not be dyspleased what so euer thou sayest.

1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. d7^v Meaning by the state (whatsoeuer they otherwise pretende)..the wealfare of some few..vpholden by this new religion.

1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 61 And, whatsoe'r my Letter did pretend, I made this meeting for no other end.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 25 Whatsoe'r their Sufferings were before, That Change they Covet makes them suffer more.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 113 Any force by which bodies tend towards each other, whatsoever be the cause.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 187 They froze me, or affronted me..whatsoever I did.

†b. Whoever: = whatso pron. and adj. 2b.Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anyone > whosoever

whoeverc1175

whosoever?c1225

whatsoc1230

whatsoeverc1430

whatsomeverc1450

c1430 Lydg. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 46 I Counsell, what-so-euer thow be.

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 51 Pay iustly thy tithes, whatsoeuer thou bee.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 69 Quhatsaeuer ȝe be yat ar baptized in Christ ȝe haue put on Christ.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 112.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xi. sig. I7 Could'st thou that readest this, whatsoeuer thou art?

c. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > not subjected

whichlOE

whateverc1384

whatsomever1482

whatsoeverc1515

whichever1690

whatso1867

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlix. 568 Ye ought to praise our lord god, what so euer losse ye haue had.

1546 in R. Lindesay Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 68 Quhat~soevir estait or ordour he be of.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 1 Afore the eyne baith of our Nobilitie, and of the lai people, in quhatsaeuir state or degrie.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 125. ¶8 Those whom they ought to look upon as their common Enemies, whatsoever side they may belong to.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. i. 7 The art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man for whatsoever uses, that [etc.].

1874 L. Morris Songs of Two Worlds 2nd Ser. ii Whatsoever chance befall, Of myself I'd die possest.

a. adj.

†(a) = whatever pron. and adj. 4a (a). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever

whatever1395

whatsomever1429

whatsoever1472

whata1504

whatsoever1589

whatso1902

1589 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 177 I wil put it in practice, nothwithstanding whatsoeuer inclination to the contrary.

1605 A. Wotton Answere Popish Pamphlet 76 [We] who submitt whatsoeuer our expositions to be compared with the Scriptures.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋3 He would not suffer it to be broken off for whatsoeuer speaches or practises.

1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 125 Fornication..is any what~soeuer breach of Chastitie.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. St. Augustine in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 232 One True God, from whom is all Whatsoever Nature.

1681 Pref. in T. Hobbes Art of Rhetoric sig. A3^v The Art of speaking, which..is able to bring about whatsoever Interest.

(b) = whatever pron. and adj. 4a (b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever

whatever1395

whatsomever1429

whatsoever1472

whata1504

whatsoever1589

whatso1902

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 34/1 In this Parlement, or any other Parlement afore this tyme holden whatsoever not~withstondyng.

1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. B7 I build not my faith vpon any on [sic] man whatsoeuer.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 9 This realme of Englande and other the Kinges dominions whatsoeauer.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 215 I promist we would be Contributors, And beare his charge of wooing whatsoere .

1692 E. Hickeringill Good Old Cause in Wks. (1716) II. 535 You may easily know to get an Antidote against Death, and Losses, and Crosses, whatsoever.

1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) II. xxix. 127 In every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ix. 214 He felt in himself no title whatsoever to that epithet.

†b. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 4b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > anything at all

whatsoever1579

whatever1637

quicquidlibet1647

whatsomever1648

jack-all1965

jack squat1986

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 1023/1 Other wil become horne madde and be at defiance with whatsoeuer.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 134 It was also well furnished..with whatsoeuer els necessary for a Trenche.

1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iii. 152 The pompe and solemnity exceeded whatsoever of former times.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	whatsoever
释义	whatsoeverpron.adj. /hwɒtsəʊˈɛvə/ Forms: Also poetic whatsoe'er /hwɒtsəʊˈɛə(r)/. Also Middle English quat-sever, 1500s whats'ever. (In early use often as two words or three.) Etymology: < whatso pron. and adj. + ever adv. 6; compare soever adv. 1. a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > whatever whatso?c1200 which-soc1230 whatsomea1300 whatsoeverc1320 whatsomeverc1400 c1320 Cast. Love 420 Riht ne spareþ for to jugge What-so-euere Soþ wol sugge. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) 270 Wisdom ðe made ilc ðing of noȝt, Quuat-so-euere on heuone or her is wroȝt. c1420 Sir Amadace (Camden) xlvii Quat-seuer ȝe wille with the kingus men do. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii ^v What so euer thou wylt aske of god thy fader I knowe wel he wyll graunte it vnto the. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xiv. f. cxlij^v Whatsoever ye axe in my name, that will I do. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xlvii. 95 Whosoeuer hath the name of a mortall man there is in him whatsoeuer the name of vanitie doth comprehend. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 9 Whatsoeuer now the Heau'ns wide armes embrace. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 153 He knew whats'ever's to be known. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iv. xii. 81 Whatsoe'er my wakened thoughts create. 1874 E. B. Pusey Lenten Serm. 103 More grievous will be that fire, than whatsoever man can suffer in this life. b. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever > any at all which or who whichever1388 whatsomeverc1400 whatsoever1484 whatso1591 everwhich1903 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi. ii None, for what so euer myght that he haue ought not to despreyse the other. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Phil. iv. 8 Whatsoever thyngs are true, whatsoever thyngs are honest,..those same have ye in youre mynde. 1564 W. Bullein Dialogue against Feuer Pestilence (new ed.) sig. Niiii^v Whatsoeuer thinges ar seen with bodily iyen. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 587 In whatsoever shape he lurk, of whom Thou telst. View more context for this quotation 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise Prol. 71 Whatsoever things We asked for,..those were ours. 2. a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > pronoun indicating no matter what whatevera1375 whatso1377 whatsoevera1400 whatsomevera1400 whichsoeverc1515 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 10508 Þu ma gode chere Quat so euer þu se or here. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 37 I will knowe the soth, what-so-euer it coste. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xliii. 143 I woll not be dyspleased what so euer thou sayest. 1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. d7^v Meaning by the state (whatsoeuer they otherwise pretende)..the wealfare of some few..vpholden by this new religion. 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe iv. 61 And, whatsoe'r my Letter did pretend, I made this meeting for no other end. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 25 Whatsoe'r their Sufferings were before, That Change they Covet makes them suffer more. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 113 Any force by which bodies tend towards each other, whatsoever be the cause. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 187 They froze me, or affronted me..whatsoever I did. †b. Whoever: = whatso pron. and adj. 2b.Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anyone > whosoever whoeverc1175 whosoever?c1225 whatsoc1230 whatsoeverc1430 whatsomeverc1450 c1430 Lydg. in Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 46 I Counsell, what-so-euer thow be. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 51 Pay iustly thy tithes, whatsoeuer thou bee. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 69 Quhatsaeuer ȝe be yat ar baptized in Christ ȝe haue put on Christ. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 112. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xi. sig. I7 Could'st thou that readest this, whatsoeuer thou art? c. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > not subjected whichlOE whateverc1384 whatsomever1482 whatsoeverc1515 whichever1690 whatso1867 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxlix. 568 Ye ought to praise our lord god, what so euer losse ye haue had. 1546 in R. Lindesay Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) II. 68 Quhat~soevir estait or ordour he be of. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 1 Afore the eyne baith of our Nobilitie, and of the lai people, in quhatsaeuir state or degrie. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 125. ¶8 Those whom they ought to look upon as their common Enemies, whatsoever side they may belong to. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. i. 7 The art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man for whatsoever uses, that [etc.]. 1874 L. Morris Songs of Two Worlds 2nd Ser. ii Whatsoever chance befall, Of myself I'd die possest. 3. a. adj. †(a) = whatever pron. and adj. 4a (a). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever whatever1395 whatsomever1429 whatsoever1472 whata1504 whatsoever1589 whatso1902 1589 in Publ. Catholic Rec. Soc. (1908) 5 177 I wil put it in practice, nothwithstanding whatsoeuer inclination to the contrary. 1605 A. Wotton Answere Popish Pamphlet 76 [We] who submitt whatsoeuer our expositions to be compared with the Scriptures. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋3 He would not suffer it to be broken off for whatsoeuer speaches or practises. 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 125 Fornication..is any what~soeuer breach of Chastitie. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. St. Augustine in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 232 One True God, from whom is all Whatsoever Nature. 1681 Pref. in T. Hobbes Art of Rhetoric sig. A3^v The Art of speaking, which..is able to bring about whatsoever Interest. (b) = whatever pron. and adj. 4a (b). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever whatever1395 whatsomever1429 whatsoever1472 whata1504 whatsoever1589 whatso1902 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 34/1 In this Parlement, or any other Parlement afore this tyme holden whatsoever not~withstondyng. 1582 W. Allen Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. B7 I build not my faith vpon any on [sic] man whatsoeuer. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1877) II. 9 This realme of Englande and other the Kinges dominions whatsoeauer. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. ii. 215 I promist we would be Contributors, And beare his charge of wooing whatsoere . View more context for this quotation 1692 E. Hickeringill Good Old Cause in Wks. (1716) II. 535 You may easily know to get an Antidote against Death, and Losses, and Crosses, whatsoever. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) II. xxix. 127 In every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ix. 214 He felt in himself no title whatsoever to that epithet. †b. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 4b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > anything at all whatsoever1579 whatever1637 quicquidlibet1647 whatsomever1648 jack-all1965 jack squat1986 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 1023/1 Other wil become horne madde and be at defiance with whatsoeuer. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iii. 134 It was also well furnished..with whatsoeuer els necessary for a Trenche. 1641 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. F. Biondi Hist. Civil Warres Eng. I. iii. 152 The pompe and solemnity exceeded whatsoever of former times. 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