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单词 whencesoever
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whencesoeveradv.conj.

Brit. /ˌwɛn(s)səʊˈɛvə/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wɛn(s)soʊˈɛvər/
Forms: Also poetic -soe'er /-səʊˈɛə(r)/. (In early use as two words.)
Etymology: < whence adv. and conj. + soever adv.
From whatever place or source; wherever…from. (Also with redundant from.)
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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.
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