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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...
- Prakrit akkhi "eye" (whence Hindustani ā̃kh) with PIA gẓʰáranam > Vedic kṣaraṇam, later Sanskrit jharaṇam > Prakrit jharaṇa "falling" (whence Hindustani jharnā...
- A 15th century m****cript of Institutio Oratoria, whence the word encyclopedia is derived....
- 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...
- 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)...
- the King James Version: "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help”. In the slightly different numbering system used in the...
- to the concept of tapu or tabu found in other Polynesian cultures, from whence came the English word "taboo." The Hawaiian word kapu is usually translated...
- 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...