whence  /w'ɛns/  /hw'ɛns/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  whence
  來處;根源;由來

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Whence \Whence\, adv. [OE. whennes, whens (with adverbial s,
     properly a genitive ending; -- see {-wards}), also whenne,
     whanene, AS. hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; akin to D.
     when. See {When}, and cf. {Hence}, {Thence}.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. 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.
  
     Note: 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.
  
     Note: 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.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  whence
       adv : from what place or origin or source; "whence did he come?";
             "whence comes this splendid feast?"; "sketches the
             lawless society whence the ballads sprang"-DeLancey
             Ferguson [syn: {wherefrom}]