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whence

whence (not comparable)

1. From where; from which place or source.

   Whence came I?

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 3

     At first I could not tell what this new sound was, nor whence it came, and now it seemed a little noise close by, and now a great noise in the distance. And then it grew nearer and more defined, and in a moment I knew it was the sound of voices talking.

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, Frankenstein^[1]:

     Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?

whence

1. From where.
   • 1611, King James Bible^Wikisource, John 8:14:

     Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Sea-chest”, in Treasure Island^Wikisource:

     [W]hat greatly encouraged me, it was in an opposite direction from that whence the blind man had made his appearance and whither he had presumably returned.

2. (literary, poetic) From which.

   From French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.

   I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.

Definizione dizionario whence

donde

Altri significati:

From which place?

From where.

From where; from which place or source

From which place.

From where; from which place or source.

From which

(literary, poetic) From which.

From where