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.]

How to pronounce whence?

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   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. 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.

2. Aristotle:

   Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be composed of slaves, or the animal creation... nor is it an alliance mutually to defend each other from injuries, or for a commercial intercourse. But whosoever endeavors to establish wholesome laws in a state, attends to the virtues and vices of each individual who composes it; from whence it is evident, that the first care of him who would found a city, truly deserving that name, and not nominally so, must be to have his citizens virtuous.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

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

4. James Arthur Baldwin:

   Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.

5. 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.

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