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Definition of
whence adverb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
whence
adverb
adverb
NAmE
/
/
wɛns
/
/
(
old use
)
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from where
They returned whence they had come.
See
whence
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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