WHENCE


Meaning of WHENCE in English

adv.

Function: conjunction

Date: 13th century

1 : from what place, source, or cause <inquired whence the water came ― Maria Edgeworth>

2 a : from or out of which place, source, or cause <the lawless society whence the ballads sprang ― DeLancey Ferguson> b : by reason of which fact : WHEREFORE <nothing broke— whence I infer that my bones are not yet chalky ― O. W. Holmes † 1935>

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