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Whence
Whence Whence, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; -- see -wards), also whenne, whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D. when. See When, and cf. Hence, Thence.] 1. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively. Whence hath this man this wisdom? --Matt. xiii. 54. Whence and what art thou? --Milton. 2. From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively. Grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends. --Milton. Note: All the words of this class, whence, where, whither, whereabouts, etc., are occasionally used as pronouns by a harsh construction. O, how unlike the place from whence they fell? --Milton. Note: From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the use of good writers. From whence come wars and fightings among you? --James iv. 1. Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become obsolete.

Meaning of Whence from wikipedia

- relationship between here, hence, hither; there, thence, thither; and where, whence, whither. Archaic or obsolete. Pro-form Look up locative adverb in Wiktionary...
- Man: Whence, How and Whither, A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation, published in 1913, is a theosophical book compiled by the second president of the...
- From Whence Came the Cowboy is the fifth album from the Sons of the San Joaquin and the third and final for the Warner Western label. It is the first to...
- a mountain stream, which flows into a great river and on into the sea, whence rises a dragon (pictured) that turns back to vapour; National Museum of...
- liquid from the antlers of the stag Eikþyrnir flow, and that the spring, "whence all waters rise", is the source of numerous rivers. The Prose Edda repeats...
- A sign for Hingham, Norfolk, England, whence Puritans left for Hingham, M****achusetts...
- considered the god that will destroy existence and return everything to the Nun whence it came. No cult was addressed to Nun. Nun's consort (or his female aspect)...
- A 15th century m****cript of Institutio Oratoria, whence the word encyclopedia is derived....
- ato dharmāṇi dhārayan || The Gods be gracious unto us even from the place whence Vishnu strode Through the seven regions of the earth! Through all this world...
- the Book of Exodus. Bull worship was common in many cultures. In Egypt, whence according to the Exodus narrative, the Israelites had recently come, the...