单词 | whencesoever |
释义 | whencesoeveradv.conj. From whatever place or source; wherever…from. (Also with redundant from.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from any place whenne1390 whethenc1400 whencesoever1511 anywhence1531 whencever1718 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xvv This Cytie of Iherusalem..stondeth vpon suche a grounde that from whens soeuer a man commyth theder he must nedes ascende. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 22 It is my sonne young Harry Persy, Sent from my brother Worcester whencesoeuer . View more context for this quotation 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 208 Whencesoever the name came, it is antient. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. iv. ii. 46 From whence-soe're their Hate our Houses drew, I blush to tell you, I have none for you. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xxxvii. 79 Whoever, or whencesoever, you are. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. i. 2 Whatsoever or whencesoever be the origin of Sin. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 1 O Goddess,..from whencesoever ye may, Gather the tale. 1912 G. B. Gray Crit. Introd. O.T. 200 He re-moulds his material, whencesoever derived. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.conj.1511 |
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