† whence-fromadv.
Obsolete.
1. interrogative = whence adv. and conj. I.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from what place
whencea1300
whence-from1579
where…from?1836
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 29/2 Whence-from did our Lord Iesus Christe and his Apostles drawe their doctrine, but out of Moses?
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) Pref. I have divers times weighed with my selfe, whencefrom it should proceed [etc.].
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 397 Whence (shal I say) then, whence-from comes it..That [etc.].
2. relative = whence adv. and conj. II.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from which place
whethenwardc1175
whethena1340
whence1382
wherefroc1449
wherefrom1490
whenceforth1590
whence-from1666
whenceward1704
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ (1676) 236 Whereunto all the blood..doth naturally tend;..and whence-from it will in no wise depart.
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