Crossword-Solution: WHENCE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Whence | adv. | From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively. |
| Whence | adv. | From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “WHENCE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Word often redundantly preceded by "from" | 1 answer |
| Word of origin | 1 answer |
| Opposite of whither | 1 answer |
| From which place | 1 answer |
| "Drink! for you know not ___ you came, nor why" ("Rubáiyát") | 1 answer |
| "So from that spring ___ comfort seem'd to come / Discomfort swells": "Macbeth" | 1 answer |
| "__ and what art thou": Milton | 1 answer |
| By reason of which | 1 answer |
| From what origin | 1 answer |
| From what place or origin | 1 answer |
| From what source | 1 answer |
| FROM what place | 2 answers |
| From which | 2 answers |
| From that Place | 2 answers |
| "From where ___ . . . " | 2 answers |
| De-port? | 29 answers |
| Inception | 42 answers |
| Wherefore | 42 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with WHENCE (5)
They all heard it—pirates, boys, Wendy; and immediately every head was blown in one direction; not to the water whence the sound proceeded, but toward Hook.
Thus _Beelzebub_ Pleaded his devilish Counsel, first devis’d By _Satan_, and in part propos’d: for whence, But from the Author of all ill could Spring So deep a malice, to confound the race Of mankind in one root, and Earth with Hell To mingle and involve, done all to spite The great Creatour? But thir spite still serves His glory to augment.
She turned her sound eye towards the land that she might get the earliest tidings of the approach of hunter or hound, and her injured eye towards the sea, from whence she entertained no anticipation of danger.
Covey seemed now to think he had me, and could do what he pleased; but at this moment—from whence came the spirit I don’t know—I resolved to fight; and, suiting my action to the resolution, I seized Covey hard by the throat; and as I did so, I rose.
She paused, turned, went back over the hill and down again to her own door, whence she cast a farewell glance upon the spot she had just left, having resolved not to remain near the place after all.
Quotes with WHENCE (3)
It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatuus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication.
That's the big picture, your happiness. And health. You should never care what a man thinks of you -- until he demonstrates to you that he cares about making you happy. If he isn't trying to make you happy, then send him back from "whence" he came because winning him over will have no benefit. At the end of the day, happines, joy... and yes... your emotional stability... those comprise the only measuring stick you really need to have.
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Three Across, Universal, WP.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1995–2022).