whenas
UK/ˈwɛnaz/
whenas adverb: when; at the time (which).
Adverb
whenas (not comparable)
- When; at the time (which).
- Tho, when-as all things ready were aright, / The Damzel was before the Altar ſet, / Being already dead with fearful fright.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- And indeed it is a greater blessing from God, more worthy so excellent a creature as man is, and a higher end to honour and sanctifie the league of marriage, whenas the solace and satisfaction of the minde is regarded and provided for before the sensitive pleasing of the body.1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
Conjunction
whenas
- When.
- Whereas.
- Only this I marvelled, and other men have since, whenas I, in a ſubject ſo new to this age, and ſo hazardous to pleaſe, concealed not my name, why this author, defending that part which is ſo creeded by the people, would conceal his.1645 March 4, J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Ansvver against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. Wherein the Trivial Author of that Answer is Discover’d, the Licencer...
Origin of whenas
From when + as.
Questions about whenas
- What does whenas mean?
- Whenas means when; at the time (which).
- What part of speech is whenas?
- Whenas can be an adverb or a conjunction.
- How do you pronounce whenas?
- Whenas is pronounced /ˈwɛnaz/ (UK).
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