whenceafter
Pronunciations (2)
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/ʍɛnsˈɑːftə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ʍɛnsˈæftə/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Adverb
After which; whereafter.
Usage- not-comparable
- Rare
- Related words
- henceafterthenceafterhenceforthhenceforwardhenceforwardshencefromhereabouthereaboutshereabovehereafterhereaftershereagainsthereamonghereanenthereathereawayherebeforeherebyhereforhereforehereforthhereforwardhereforwardsherefromherehencehereinabovehereinafterhereinbeforehereinbelowhereinelsewherehereinsoeverhereintohereinunderheremidhereofhereonhereouthereoverherethroughherethroughoutheretoheretoforehereuntohereuponherewithherewithalherewithinherewithouthithertohitheruntohitherwardhitherwardshowbeithoweverhowsohowsoeverhowsomedeverhowsomeverthatawaythatwisethenceforththenceforwardthenceforwardsthencefromthenceoutthereaboutthereaboutsthereabovethereacrossthereafterthereaftersthereagainthereagainsttherealongthereamongthereamongstthereanenttherearoundthereatthereawaytherebeforetherebesidetherebetweentherebeyondtherebythereverthereforthereforethereforththerefromtherehencethereinabovethereinafterthereinbeforethereinbelowthereintothereinundertheremidthereofthereonthereoutthereovertheresoevertherethroughtherethroughouttheretotheretoforethereuntothereupthereupontherewiththerewithaltherewithintherewithoutthisawaythiswisethitherinsoeverthithertothitherwardthitherwardswhateverwhatsowhatsoeverwhatsomedeverwhatsomeverwhatwisewhenaboutwhenaboutswhenaswheneverwhensowhensoeverwhensomeverwhenceverwhenceforthwhenceforwardwhencefromwhencewardwhencewardswhereaboutwhereaboutswhereabovewhereafterwhereafterswhereagainstwherealongwhereamongwhereamongstwhereanentwherearoundwhereaswhereatwhereawaywherebeforewherebesidewherebetweenwherebeyondwherebywhereverwhereforwhereforewhereforthwherefromwherehencewhereinabovewhereinafterwhereinbeforewhereinbelowwhereinsoeverwhereintowhereinunderwheremidwhereofwhereonwhereoutwhereoverwheresowheresoeverwheresomeverwherethroughwherethroughoutwheretowheretoforewhereuntowhereupwhereuponwherewithwherewithalwherewithinwherewithoutwhithereverwhitherinsoeverwhithersowhithertowhithertoforewhitherwardwhitherwardswhyeverwhyforwhysowhysoever1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
- Examples
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Its light came from thirty feet to the left of it, and the moon itself rose audibly until a stagehand juggled it, whenceafter it ceased to rise.
More examples (1)
In the case of each [Master] his Mission was revealed to him at a certain period of his life-career, whenceafter he set himself apart from the world…in order to fulfil his Mission, free from worldly ties and entanglements.
The spy followed Le Queux again the next day in the streets of Bucharest and Le Queux complained to the police, whenceafter the spy was not seen again.