Otherwhat
pron
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Definitions
Pronoun
- 1 Something else; (some) other thing; especially in the phrase no otherwhat (“no other thing; nothing else”). archaic
"Certes, for no otherwhat (His every action being our witness) than to instruct those who govern and the faithful in general that they should be diligent to learn what opinion is had of them, so they may persevere in good and desist from ill."
Example
More examples"Certes, for no otherwhat (His every action being our witness) than to instruct those who govern and the faithful in general that they should be diligent to learn what opinion is had of them, so they may persevere in good and desist from ill."
Etymology
From other + what.
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