Definitions for whence
ʰwɛns, wɛnswhence

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

2. Whence(adverb)

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

Origin: [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

How to say whence in sign language?

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. Jean Paul Friedrich Richter:

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

2. Benjamin Franklin:

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

3. Omar Khayyám:

   Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

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. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

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