Whence

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	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. O, how unlike the place from whence they fell? - Milton. From whence come wars and fightings among you? - James iv. 1.

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whence - from what place or origin or source; "whence did he come?"; "whence comes this splendid feast?"; "sketches the lawless society whence the ballads sprang"-DeLancey Ferguson Synonyms: wherefrom

accordingly, away, because of that, because of this, consequently, derivation, ergo, for that, for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which reason, forth, fountain, hence, hereat, inception, off, on that account, on that ground, on this account, origin, out, propter hoc, provenance, provenience, root, then, thence, thereat, therefor, therefore, therefrom, thereof, thus, thusly, thuswise, well, wellspring, wherefore, wherefrom