whatsomeverpron.adj.
/hwɒtsəmˈɛvə/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
1.
a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 2a.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > whatever
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c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxvi. 123 Þai will graunt þam what sum euer þai asch.
c1530 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 312 Yff your Grace wold witsaffe to wryght iij. wordes to the sayd Archibishope shewyng hyme, whatt so mever hathe ben wrytyn.
1581 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xliv. 274 The vther number of the congregation, Redaris, exhortaris, or quhatsumeuir thay be.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 248 And what someuer els shall hap to night, Giue it an vnderstanding but no tongue.
1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 67 Whatsome'r both Earth and Air afford.
b. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 2b.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever > any at all which or who
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c1400 Rom. Rose 5041 But what some euer woo they fele, They wole not pleyne.
?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. lxiv What some euer thynge is gyuen vnto them for the loue of hym, he taketh it as it were done to hym selfe.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 58 Quhatsumeuer things ar treue, quhatsumeuer things ar honest.
c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1683) b 2 b Favourites..who..take pleasure of whatsomever Recreation they find the Prince inclined to.
1634 in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 207 Whatsomever bonds are in Moneys in my behoof.
2. † b. Whoever: = whatso pron. and adj. 2b. Obsolete.
a. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 3a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > pronoun indicating no matter what
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whichsoeverc1515
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10508 ‘Anna,’ he said, ‘þou ma god chere Quat-sum euer þou se or here.’
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2804 Wel am I wroken on the, What som euer fal on me.
c1485 Digby Myst. iii. 1235 Whatt-so-mewer yow be-tyde.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. cc.viii Alwaye content what someuer god sente vnto them.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 106 b/2 Our subiectes, comons, colleges, vniuersities, or syngular personnes, what someuer they be.
1603 Philotus lxxvii. sig. C4v Quhat sumeuer me befall.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anyone > whosoever
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c1450 in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 98 That the justice may do upon them trew jugement, what some evar they be.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 641 Nor na other, quhatsumeuir that thai be, Haldis of ȝow or ȝour auctoritie.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 400 Quhat sumeuer that he be, Bring him haistely to me.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 51 What somere he is He's brauely taken heere. View more context for this quotation
c. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 3b.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] > not subjected
whichlOE
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1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) I. 363 No man..schal be i-saued, but he be verrey repentaunt, what somm~euer penaunce he doo.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 107 b/1 Subiectes, (whatsomeuer estate or condicion they be of).
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. Prol. 7 In quhatsumeuir way It sall happin.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 99 All mens faces are true, whatsomere their hands are. View more context for this quotation
3. † b. pron. = whatever pron. and adj. 4b. Obsolete.
a. adj. = whatever pron. and adj. 4a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > not specified > of any kind > whatever
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1429 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. VIII: MSS Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry (1897) 10 in Parl. Papers (C. 8553) L. 207 Any other accyons qwatesumewer be twyx thaim.
1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 155 Ony vther place quhatsumeuer neidful, or amangis quhatsumeuir merchandis.
1588 in J. Melvill's Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 266 All and whatsumever persones, avowit or suspected to be Papists.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 404 In all the Courts of Bishops, Abbots, and the Lords whatsomever.
1711 in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874) 132 Him his heirs and successors whatsomever.
1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 199 I can't see no Drummer-boy here whatsumdever.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xviii. 159 Silver Sand had no cloak or plaid whatsomever.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > state of being non-specific > unspecified thing(s) > anything > anything at all
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jack-all1965
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1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 54 Our Lust, our Pride, Ambition, Or whatsome'r beside.
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