whence

Pronunciation

• enPR: hwĕns, IPA ^(key): /ʍɛns/, SAMPA: /Wens/
• (in accents with the wine-whine merger) enPR: wĕns, IPA ^(key): /wɛns/, SAMPA: /wens/

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Preposition

Preposition whence

1. (old, no longer used) from where

   Whence did you come?

   It grows naturally in the West Indies, whence the Mr. Miller sent me the seeds.

   This is the stone whence he pulled the sword.

   Tell me the town whence they came.

Related words

• whenceforth
• hence
• thence