whatsomever, pron. and a. Obs. exc. dial.
(hwɒtsəmˈɛvə(r))
(In early use often as two words or three.)
[f. prec. + ever adv. 8 e.]
1. a. pron. = whatever 2 a.
| c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxvi. 123 Þai will graunt þam what sum euer þai asch. c 1530 in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. I. 312 Yff your Grace wold witsaffe to wryght iij. wordes to the sayd Archibishope shewyng hyme, whatt so mever hathe ben wrytyn. 1581 Satir. Poems Reform. xliv. 274 The vther number of the congregation, Redaris, exhortaris, or quhatsumeuir thay be. 1602 Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 249 And what someuer els shall hap to night, Giue it an vnderstanding but no tongue. 1648 Earl Westmld. Otia Sacra 67 Whatsome'r both Earth and Air afford. |
b. adj. = whatever 2 b.
| c 1400 Rom. Rose 5041 But what some euer woo they fele, They wole not pleyne. 1523–34 Fitzherb. Husb. §168 Whatsomeuer thynge is gyuen vnto them for the loue of hym, he taketh it as it were done to hym-selfe. 1588 A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 58 Quhatsumeuer things ar treue, quhatsumeuer things ar honest. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil Mem. (1683) b 2 b, Favourites..who..take pleasure of whatsomever Recreation they find the Prince inclined to. 1634 in J. Russell Haigs (1881) 207 Whatsomever bonds are in Moneys in my behoof. |
2. a. pron. = whatever 3 a.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 10508 ‘Anna,’ he said, ‘þou ma god chere Quat-sum euer þou se or here.’ c 1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2804 Wel am I wroken on the, What som euer fal on me. c 1485 Digby Myst. iii. 1235 Whatt-so-mewer yow be-tyde. 1508 Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. ii. Wks. (1876) 35 Alwaye content what someuer god sent vnto them. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxii. 106 b/2 Our subiectes, comons, colleges, vniuersities, or syngular personnes, what someuer they be. 1603 Philotus lxxvii, Quhat sumeuer me befall. |
† b. Whoever: = whatso 2 b. Obs.
| c 1450 in Three 15th Cent. Chron. (Camden) 98 That the justice may do upon them trew jugement, what some evar they be. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 398 Quhat sumeuer that he be, Bring him haistely to me. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) I. 641 Nor na other, quhatsumeuir that thai be, Haldis of ȝow or ȝour auctoritie. 1601 Shakes. All's Well iii. v. 54 What somere he is He's brauely taken heere. |
c. adj. = whatever 3 b.
| 1482 Caxton Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) I. 363 No man..schal be i-saued, but he be verrey repentaunt, what somm⁓euer penaunce he doo. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxii. 107 b/1 Subiectes, (whatsomeuer estate or condicion they be of). 1533 Bellenden Livy i. Prol. (S.T.S.) I. 7 In quhatsumeuir way It sall happin. 1606 Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. vi. 102 All mens faces are true, whatsomere their hands are. |
3. a. adj. = whatever 4 a.
| 1429 in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. viii. 10 Any other accyons qwatesumewer be twyx thaim. 1482 in Charters Edin. (1871) 155 Ony vther place quhatsumeuer neidful, or amangis quhatsumeuir merchandis. 1588 in J. Melvill's Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 266 All and whatsumever persones, avowit or suspected to be Papists. 1678 G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. xi. §5, (1699) 202 In all the Courts of Bishops, Abbots, and the Lords whatsomever. 1711 in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874) 132 Him his heirs and successors whatsomever. 1842 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Dead Drummer, I can't see no Drummer-boy here whatsumdever. 1894 Crockett Raiders xviii, Silver Sand had no cloak or plaid whatsomever. |
† b. pron. = whatever 4 b. Obs.
| 1648 Earl Westmld. Otia Sacra 54 Our Lust, our Pride, Ambition, Or whatsome'r beside. |