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单词 whenas
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whenasadv.conj.

/hwɛnˈaz//ˈhwɛn az/
Forms: Also when as.
Etymology: < when adv., conj., pron., int., and n. + as conj. 20.
archaic.
1.
a. At the, or a, time at which; in a case in which: = when conj. 1, 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > when or at the time that
thoc893
then971
whenOE
theOE
whensoc1175
whenas1423
while as1625
wen1893
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
1423 Kingis Quair ii Quhen as I lay In bed allone waking,..Fell me to mynd of many diuerse thing.
1550 T. Lever Serm. Fourth Sundaye in Lent sig. A.viiv Ye shal heare, when as much people commynge vnto Iesus.., what Iesus did.
1574 T. Hill Govt. Bees in Arte Gardening 66 This is a great token of raine to follow, when as the Sunne in the day time, and the Moone in the night, do appeare pale, or blackish of colour.
1602 Kyd's Spanish Trag. (new ed.) iii. sig. H2v At the mid of noone, When as the Sun-God rides in all his glorie.
1638 F. Quarles Hieroglyphikes vii. 27 Subjects must vaile, when as their Sov'raign's by.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. lxv Whenas we found he would not here be pent, To him the better sort this friendly message sent.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxix. 50 Whenas the Palmer came in hall, Nor lord, nor knight, was there more tall.
1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair ii. vi Whenas he hesitated..she came forward in a pretty, shy way.
b. At which time; and then; whereupon: = when conj. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > whereafter or whereupon
whereaftera1425
whereupon?1461
whereafterward1483
wherewithc1515
wherewithala1542
whenas1553
whereon1588
whereby1600
hereon1602
when1803
1553 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 159 Vntill the xxviijth daye of the same monethe wen as the same..surseased.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 254 Hugh had scarce continued one yeare of probation, when as the fore~said Abbot Wido departed the world.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 205 Where's that Other Duration or Succession before Time,..whenas 'tis confessed there was none.
2.
a. Seeing that, inasmuch as: = when conj. 5a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because
thyeOE
theOE
asOE
forwhyc1200
whenc1230
forsomuch1454
insomuch asc1500
whenas1551
insomuch1605
'cos1887
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. B ijv When as the greater Galanga is..without any..euell sauoure I wold rather take great Galanga for Acorus, then the comon calamus.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 21 How can he be a Doctor in his book..whenas all he teaches..is but under..the correction of his patriarchal licencer.
1728 in Sewall's Letter-bk. (1886) II. 240 I may well condole the bereavement, whenas so much personal friendship is therewithall vanished.
1899 C. W. Doyle Taming of Jungle i Whenas my back smarted..from the blows of the chuprassi's shoe,..I took the oil from my chirag and anointed my back therewith.
b. In adversative sense: Whereas: = when conj. 5b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > when or whereas
when1297
whenas1699
1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 95 They doe verie childishly erre, which do consider originall sinne onely..in the inordinate motion of appetites: when as it fulfilleth the seate of reason and the whole hart.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. vii. 34 So Iudas kist his master, And cried all haile, when as he meant all harme.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 272 He brings in this Date of Solon's Death, out of Phanias: as if it was a point uncontroverted, and allow'd by Plutarch himself. Whenas Plutarch barely mentions it.
1711 S. Sewall Diary 14 May (1973) II. 660 Through the Goodness of God I had little or no hurt, when as my Horse's Nose bled for it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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