whence

n. தோற்றிடம், மூலவருகையிடம், பிறப்பிடம், எந்த இடம், எந்தக்காலம், புறப்பட்ட இடம், தோற்றிய இடம், எங்கிருந்து என்ற செய்தி, எதனால் என்ற செய்தி, எங்கிருந்து என்பது, எதனால் என்பது, (வினையடை.) எங்கிருந்து, எதிலிருந்து, எந்த இடத்திலிருந்து, எதனால், என்ன காரணத்தினால்.

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Whence, adv. Etym: [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.

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