Whosesoever

//ˌhuzsoʊˈɛvəɹ// det, pron

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Definitions

Determiner
  1. 1
    Of whomsoever. formal

    "If Beals obtained merely the possession, by fraud practiced upon the plaintiff, with fraudulent intent to deprive it thereof, and to appropriate the machine to his own use, and, immediately upon getting possession of it, did in fact fraudulently appropriate it to his own use, these acts constituted a larceny of the machine, and plaintiff could retake it, in whosesoëver possession it might be."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    That of whomsoever. formal

Synonyms

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whosoever'swhosoever's

Example

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"If Beals obtained merely the possession, by fraud practiced upon the plaintiff, with fraudulent intent to deprive it thereof, and to appropriate the machine to his own use, and, immediately upon getting possession of it, did in fact fraudulently appropriate it to his own use, these acts constituted a larceny of the machine, and plaintiff could retake it, in whosesoëver possession it might be."

Etymology

From whose + soever.

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