Otherwhence

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    By other means; From otherwhere. archaic, formal, not-comparable

    "'Twere a goodly boon If men could raise their children otherwhence And there should be no woman tribe at all; So would there be no mischief in the world."

Example

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"'Twere a goodly boon If men could raise their children otherwhence And there should be no woman tribe at all; So would there be no mischief in the world."

Etymology

From other + whence.

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