单词 | wheresoever |
释义 | wheresoeveradv.conj. Now formal or archaic. 1. a. = wherever adv. and conj. 2, 5. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere > wherever whithersoc950 whereso1154 wheresomec1175 wheresoc1340 whereverc1384 wheresoevera1400 wheresomevera1400 wheresoever1561 whithersoever1583 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adverb] > in any case > in the case or circumstances in which whereso1154 whenc1175 wheresoevera1400 wherevera1616 whenas1904 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 8931 Bot quar-sua-euer [Vesp. quar-sum-euer] þis tre lay, God schued þar-on his mihtes ay. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 644 Quere-so-euer þys mon in melly watȝ stad, His þro þoȝt watȝ in þat, þurȝ alle oþer þyngeȝ. a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 105 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 302 Where-sere þou sitt at mete in borde, Avoide þe cat. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvi. f. xxxvijv Wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached.., there shall also thys thatt she hath done, betolde for a memoriall of her. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 35 We worschipe Christ him Selffe and his Sancts, quhairsoewir thay ar repræsentit vnto ws be thair images. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 79 Conquerours, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe're they rove. View more context for this quotation 1733 I. Watts Philos. Ess. (1734) i. x. 35 Wheresoever Body is, there Space is not. 1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths i. §23 Wheresoever the search after truth begins, there life begins. 1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems iv. xxv But wheresoe'er he take his way, He killeth our delight. b. elliptical. = wherever adv. and conj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere > wherever whithersoc950 whereso1154 wheresomec1175 wheresoc1340 whereverc1384 wheresoevera1400 wheresomevera1400 wheresoever1561 whithersoever1583 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. M.iii Meetyng in the market place or whersoeuer anye friende. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lv. 119 The person of Christ is whole, perfect God and perfect man wheresoeuer. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 58 In all the Treasors, neyther in all the Cabinets, or other wheresoeuer, was not to bee found any thing so rich. 2. = wherever adv. and conj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards any place whithersoc950 owhitherOE whithersoeverc1230 wheresoc1290 wheresoeverc1320 wherevera1400 wheresomever1470 anywhither1517 wheretosoever1609 wheretoever1635 c1320 Cast. Love (Halliw.) 431 Ne helpyth him nothyng whersere he wynde. c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 2215 And whor so euer þai gang o-boute, Þe ȝonger sal þe elder loute. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Mark xiv. 14 Where so euer he goeth in, there saye ye to the good man of the house [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. iii. 74 And wheresoere we went, like Iunos Swans, Still we went coupled and inseperable. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 571 This way, and that his winding Course he bends; And wheresoe're she turns, her Steps attends. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 134. ⁋6 [She] still goes on laying waste wheresoever she comes. 1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 70 Wander wheresoe'er he may. 1865 Ld. Tennyson Captain 20 He..Hoped to make the name Of his vessel great in story, Wheresoe'er he came. 3. = wherever adv. and conj. 4. ΚΠ a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 64 Hit is to tyȝe [= tyþe]..Off hey, where-sere hit growes. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 762 The nixt vacant..That hapnis in France, quhair sa euer it fall,..I gif the heir heritabilly. 1573 D. P. Certaine Rules Geogr. sig. Aiv Where so euer you are, imagine a poynt or pricke directly ouer your head, which is called Zenith. 1645 T. Vane Lost Sheepe 267 Wheresoere they are, or whatsoeuer doing, they soe behaue themselues, as if with Saint Hierome, they heard the sound of the Archangells trump. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. xv. 366 Wulf, too, had gone to his own place, wheresoever that may be. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.conj.c1320 |
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