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Etymology
From Middle English quen-so-ever, wensoever, whanne so evere, whan-so-ever, whan-so-evere, whenne-soever, when so evyr. By surface analysis, when + so + ever.
Adverb
whensoever (not comparable)
- whenever; at any time at all
1672, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.
1840, Lewis Rose, chapter I, in An Humble Attempt to Put an End to the Present Divisions in the Church of Scotland, and to Promote Her Usefulness. , Glasgow: George Gallie, →OCLC, page 8:But we mean whensoever her majesty or any other patron do present any person unto a benefice, that the person presented shall be tried and examined by the judgment of learned men of the church; […]
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