Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb To whatever place; to any place whatsoever.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To whatever place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb To what
place soever ;wherever .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But now, said the paper, as Clay moved once again amidst his countrymen, “touched by affliction, they accompany him whithersoever he bends his steps, deepened by the reverence which a free people can only accord to the most worthy and most honored of public men.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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But now, said the paper, as Clay moved once again amidst his countrymen, “touched by affliction, they accompany him whithersoever he bends his steps, deepened by the reverence which a free people can only accord to the most worthy and most honored of public men.”
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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I have done laid all upon the Altar, made an entire, full and consecrate surrender of life, time and talents -- soul, body and mind -- of all I am or have -- substance, prospective, things temporal and things spiritual and do again this night redetermine and vow to follow the Lord with whithersoever his providence may guide or direct.
Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie Houston,January 28, 1857 2008
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Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
It’s Your Time Joel Osteen 2010
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Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Knock and the Door Will Open Jeffrey A. Wands 2010
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Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
It’s Your Time Joel Osteen 2010
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Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Knock and the Door Will Open Jeffrey A. Wands 2010
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A great many (not all) liberals adopted embryonic stem cells as a cause for the same reason that they have embraced Global Warming: because they like the policy implications and automatically oppose the Bush Administration, the “neocons” and the “Religious Right”, not because they are willing to follow science whithersoever it leadeth.
Stromata Blog: 2007
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A great many (not all) liberals adopted embryonic stem cells as a cause for the same reason that they have embraced Global Warming: because they like the policy implications and automatically oppose the Bush Administration, the “neocons” and the “Religious Right”, not because they are willing to follow science whithersoever it leadeth.
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Fear not, I will soon be back with thee and wend with thee whithersoever thou wendest.
whichbe commented on the word whithersoever
To any place whatsoever. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008
yarb commented on the word whithersoever
If I were on the river-bed, dare I cross the river? I am an excellent swimmer, yet, once in that frightful rush of waters, I should be hurled whithersoever it willed, absolutely powerless.
- Samuel Butler, Erewhon
July 18, 2008