whence

[whence]

Use the adverb whence as an old fashioned way to say "from which" or "from where." If you found a hundred dollar bill on the ground, you might ask, "Whence did this money come?"

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From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.

Adverb
from what place or origin or source; "whence did he come?"; "whence comes this splendid feast?"; "sketches the lawless society whence the ballads sprang"-DeLancey Ferguson

adv.
From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.

adv.
From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.

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?

Whence and what art thou?

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.

&hand; 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?

&hand; From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the use of good writers.

From whence come wars and fightings among you?

Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become obsolete.

From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.

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Usage Examples

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing.

Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Whence it follows that God is absolutely perfect, since perfection is nothing but magnitude of positive reality, in the strict sense, setting aside the limits or bounds in things which are limited.

Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of us. Science has no answer to it.

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.