Usually means: Origin or source of something.
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  1. whence: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. whence: Merriam-Webster
  3. whence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. whence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. whence: Collins English Dictionary
  6. whence: Vocabulary.com
  7. Whence, whence: Wordnik
  8. whence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. whence: Wiktionary
  10. whence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. whence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. whence: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. whence: Dictionary.com
  14. whence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Whence: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Whence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. whence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. whence: Rhymezone
  19. Whence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. whence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. whence: FreeDictionary.org
  22. whence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. whence: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. whence: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. whence: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (whence)

▸ adverb:  (archaic, formal or literary) From where; from which place or source.

Similar:
wherefrom, whencefrom, somewhence, hence, whither, whitherto, whencesoever, whereto, whenceward, whitherward, more...

Types:
from the sky, from the ground, from the sea, from the air, more...

Phrases:
from whence, whence the uvula dangles, whence a wicked witch, whence the nobel peace prize, whence the beatles, more...

Adjectives:
same, little, clear, original, certain, centre, east, divine, evil, point, grave

Colors:
    ivory,     cream,     beige,     taupe,     sand, more...


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Similar:
wherefrom, whencefrom, somewhence, hence, whither, whitherto, whencesoever, whereto, whenceward, whitherward, more...

Types:
from the sky, from the ground, from the sea, from the air, more...

Phrases:
from whence, whence the uvula dangles, whence a wicked witch, whence the nobel peace prize, whence the beatles, whence samovar, more...

Adjectives:
same, little, clear, original, certain, centre, east, divine, evil, point, grave

Colors:
    ivory,     cream,     beige,     taupe,     sand, more...



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