Whence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. From where; from what place: Whence came this traveler?
  • ad. From what origin or source: Whence comes this splendid feast?
  • conjunction. Out of which place; from or out of which.
  • conjunction. By reason of which; from which: The dog was coal black from nose to tail, whence the name Shadow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. From where; from which place or source.
  • conjunction. From where.
  • conjunction. From which.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.
  • ad. From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • From what place? from what source, origin, or antecedents?
  • From what place; from which place or source.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. from what place, source, or cause
  • Antonym
    whither   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    how    where    wherefrom    whenceforth    whencesoever   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Spence    cents    commence    commonsense    condense    defence    defense    dense    dispense    expense   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rway    soho    agis    maindeck    thither    wine-house    orta    sumam    guest-chamber    oritur