whensoever

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See also: whensoëver

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English quen-so-ever, wensoever, whanne so evere, whan-so-ever, whan-so-evere, whenne-soever, when so evyr. By surface analysis, when +‎ so +‎ ever.

Adverb

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whensoever (not comparable)

  1. whenever; at any time at all
    • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 2:
      Now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now.
    • 1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
      Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.
    • 1840, Lewis Rose, chapter I, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. [] [1], Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 8:
      But we mean whensoever her majesty or any other patron do present any person unto a benefice, that the person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; []
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