Definitions for whence
ʰwɛns, wɛnswhence

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1. whence(adverb)

   from what place, source, or cause

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1. whence(Adverb)

   From where; from which place or source.

   Whence came I?

2. whence(Conjunction)

   From where.

3. whence(Conjunction)

   From which.

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1. Whence(adverb)

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

   Etymology: [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.]

2. Whence(adverb)

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

   Etymology: [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.]

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1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whence in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of whence in a Sentence

1. Samantha Heller:

   Most people have no idea how much unnecessary sugar they are eating or from whence it comes, while sugar is a perfectly fine ingredient in many recipes, we are consuming far too much of it and in high amounts in foods that have little or no nutritional value. With the new label consumers will be able to identify the foods that perhaps they should be eating less of.

2. Jean Paul Friedrich Richter:

   Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

4. Omar Khayym:

   Into this Universe, and Why not knowing Nor Whence, like Water, willy-nilly flowing And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Wither, willy-nilly blowing.

5. Machiavelli:

   I have often thought that the cause of men?s good or ill fortune depends on whether they make their actions fit with the times. A man having prospered by one mode of acting can never be persuaded that it may be well for him to act differently, whence it is that a man?s Fortune varies, because she changes her times and he does not his ways.

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