Whence

Whence (whence)
adv.	(?)
Whence
[OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s, properly a genitive ending; -- see -wards

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

Whence hath this man this wisdom? Matt. xiii. 54.

Whence and what art thou? Milton.

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

Grateful to acknowledge whence his good
Descends. Milton.

* All the words of this class, whence, where, whither, whereabouts, etc., are occasionally used as pronouns by a harsh construction.

O, how unlike the place from whence they fell? Milton.

* From whence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the use of good writers.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? James iv. 1.

Of whence, also a pleonasm, has become obsolete.

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