whence
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9.9
- adverb
- /wɛns/
- Archaic
- I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains from whence cometh my help.
- whence comes
- whence arises
- whence do they derive
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Watch on YouTubeSo you want people to have an idea from whence they came and what is that thing?
- So you want people to have an idea from whence they came and what is that thing?
- He says it is not man's being a social creature, much less his being a moral agent, from whence alone our obligations to goodwill towards him arise.
- As we look back from whence we came, I was remarking to a client that portraits of women are so much more desirable than portraits of men, if for one simple reason.
- Old valiant cousin, worthy gentleman, as whence the sun gets his reflection.
- The conscious from the unconscious mediation from immediacy and equally returns whence it came.
- And she says this shows why women don't succeed in building up a solid counter universe whence they can challenge the males.
Examples
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I lift mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.
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I cannot tell you from whence I came or what my errand may be.
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So you want people to have an idea from whence they came and what is that thing?
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From whence does this quote come?
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And from whence do you hail?
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Does anyone know from whence the first religious artifacts show up in the fossil record?
Blog text (33) -
- Whence did she borrow it? - From our charming companion.
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From whence did the movement come? Los Angeles? India? Topeka, Kansas?
Academic text (2004) -
Whence come you?
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From whence do you originate?
Synonyms
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Where something comes from
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From whatever place or source
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word whence means 'from where'. It puts the question part wh- together with the same ending as hence, which means 'from here', so you can remember whence as 'from where' and use it to ask where something came from.