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whenceafter

UK/ʍɛnsˈɑːftə/

whenceafter adverb: after which; whereafter.

Adverb

whenceafter (not comparable)

  1. (rare) After which; whereafter.
    • 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.1918–1925, Booth Tarkington [aut.] and Alan Seymour Downer [ed.], On Plays, Playwrights, and Playgoers (1959), page 16
    • 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.1919, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia II: “Re-Generation” (2003 reprint), page 16

Origin of whenceafter

From whence + after.

Questions about whenceafter

What does whenceafter mean?
Whenceafter means after which; whereafter.
What part of speech is whenceafter?
Whenceafter is an adverb.
How do you pronounce whenceafter?
Whenceafter is pronounced /ʍɛnsˈɑːftə/ (UK).

Words near whenceafter in the dictionary

  1. whenabout
  2. whenabouts
  3. whenas
  4. Whenby
  5. whence
  6. whenceafter
  7. whenceever
  8. whenceforth
  9. whenceforward
  10. whencefrom
  11. whenceness

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