whence
From Wiktionary
[change] Pronunciation
- enPR: hwĕns, IPA: /ʍɛns/, SAMPA: /Wens/
- (in accents with the wine-whine merger) enPR: wĕns, IPA: /wɛns/, SAMPA: /wens/
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[change] Preposition
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- (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 from whence they came.
