Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete form of when.
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  • Whence.

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Examples

  • But that is not that est, that wee clep oure est, on this half, where the sonne risethe to us: for whenne the sonne is est in tho partyes, toward Paradys terrestre, it is thanne mydnyght in oure parties o this half, for the rowndenesse of the erthe, of the whiche I have towched to zou before.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • But that is not that est, that wee clep oure est, on this half, where the sonne risethe to us: for whenne the sonne is est in tho partyes, toward Paradys terrestre, it is thanne mydnyght in oure parties o this half, for the rowndenesse of the erthe, of the whiche I have towched to zou before.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • "Brut," soon provided, for "whenne the kyng herde and wiste of this vengeance that was falle thurghe saynt Austines powere he lette make one howse in honour of God ... at the brugges end," children born in which would not be afflicted with the dreaded appendage.

    Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

  • Thenne the seconde seler att the lower ende, with ij paryd loves therby, and trenchours of brede yf they be ordeyned; and in case be that trenchours of tree shalbe ordeyned, the panter shall bryng them with nappekyns and sponys whenne the soverayne is sette att tabill.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • After the earl's establishment was reduced to forty-two persons, it still retained "one of my lordes counsaill for annswering and riddying of causes, whenne sutors cometh to my lord."

    A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866

  • ¶ As for þe fourt, þou most know þ {a} t þe p {ro} fet of þis craft is whenne þ {o} u hasse taken þe lasse nomber out of þe mor {e} to telle what þ {ere} leues ou {er} þ {a} t. & þ {o} u most be-gynne to wyrch in þ {is} craft in þe ryght side of þe boke, as þ {o} u diddyst in addicioɳ.

    The Earliest Arithmetics in English Anonymous 1902

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