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WHENCE

\wˈɛns], \wˈɛns], \w_ˈɛ_n_s]\

Definitions of WHENCE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

From what place, source or origin.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

From what place: from which things: wherefore.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

From which place; from which cause: inter. From what place or cause?.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

For which reason; wherefore.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

From what place; from what source; from which premises, principles or facts; how; by what way or means; in general, from which person, cause, place, principle, or circumstance.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

From what place; from what or which source or origin; how.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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