单词 | whithersoever |
释义 | whithersoeveradv. To whatever place. a. To (or in) any place to which: = wherever adv. and conj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards any place whithersoc950 owhitherOE whithersoeverc1230 wheresoc1290 wheresoeverc1320 wherevera1400 wheresomever1470 anywhither1517 wheretosoever1609 wheretoever1635 c1230 Hali Meid. 25 Folhen godd almihti..hwider se he eauer wendeð. c1320 Cast. Love (Halliw.) 1785 Thei shull be so lyȝht and swyft, That whidur-sever they thenk they may be lyft. 1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 567/2 Over the See, or whether soo ever it please theym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. viii. 6 Ye Lorde helped Dauid whither so euer he wente. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xlv. 111 The Marchant having bought the goods, hee might presently transport them whethersoever he would. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xli. 161 I will..attend you whithersoever you please. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 76 He has a right to go whithersoever they lead him. 1885 Spectator 30 May 704/2 With Victor Hugo inspiration is..to be followed blindly whithersoever it may lead. b. Whether to one place or another; no matter to what place: cf. wherever adv. and conj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere > wherever whithersoc950 whereso1154 wheresomec1175 wheresoc1340 whereverc1384 wheresoevera1400 wheresomevera1400 wheresoever1561 whithersoever1583 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Fiv I remit thy crime howsoeuer or whithersoeuer thou wentest. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. x. 231 Whoever you are, or whithersoever you are going,..I have Obligations to you which I can never return. View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 201 So walks Father Gérard; solid in his thick shoes, whithersoever bound. 1913 Athenæum 23 Aug. 183/3 Whatsoever you may be doing, or whithersoever you may turn. Derivatives† †ˌwhithersoˈmever adv. Obsolete in same senses. ΚΠ a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 19 Clerkes and yeomen..to precede the King..whythyr somever the King go. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 16 Euery man myght go..peasybly whyder someuer he wold. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. viii. f. x Whythersumever thou goest. ˈwhithersum adv. [see sum adv., somever adv.] ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6666 Til ilk sted Quider-sum he þat folk ledd. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6359 Queder-sum he welk her or þare, þis wandes euer he wit him bare. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1230 |
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