whencesoever, adv., conj.
(hwɛnssəʊˈɛvə(r))
Also poet. -soe'er (-səʊˈɛə(r)). (In early use as two words.)
[f. whence + soever.]
From whatever place or source; wherever{ddd}from. (Also with redundant from.)
| 1511 Guylforde's Pilgr. (Camden) 22 This Cytie of Jherusalem..stondeth vpon suche a grounde that from whens soever a man commyth theder he must nede ascende. 1593 Shakes. Rich. II, ii. iii. 22 It is my Sonne, young Harry Percie, Sent from my Brother Worcester: Whence soeuer. 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. 208 (1) Whencesoever the name came, it is antient. 1670 Dryden 1st Pt. Conq. Granada iv. ii, From whence-soe're their Hate our Houses drew, I blush to tell you, I have none for you. 1759 Johnson Rasselas xxxviii, Whoever or whencesoever you are. 1842 Manning Serm. i. (1848) I. 2 Whatsoever or whencesoever be the origin of Sin. 1887 Morris Odyssey i. 10 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. |