51³Ô¹Ï

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whithersoever

[ hwith-er-soh-ev-er, with- ]

conjunction

Archaic.
  1. to whatsoever place.


whithersoever

/ ËŒ·Éɪðə²õəʊˈɛ±¹É™ /

adverb

  1. archaic.
    to whichever place
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of whithersoever1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to whitherso “whithersoever†( Old English swÄ hwider swÄ ) + ever ever
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Example Sentences

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Sailing across the bay to the Chênière Caminada, Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast, whose chains had been loosening—had snapped the night before when the mystic spirit was abroad, leaving her free to drift whithersoever she chose to set her sails.

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Well, God’s will be done—whatever it may be, and whithersoever it may lead!

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Proverb 21: “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.â€

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James A. Garfield in 1881: Proverbs 21:1 “The king’s heart is in the hand of the lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.â€

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And the wild winds of fortune will carry me onward, Oh whithersoever they blow ...

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