Definitions
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- adverb From elsewhere; from some other place or source.
Etymologies
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Else, “other” + whence, “from which (place or source)”, on the pattern of elsewhere.
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Examples
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People pass at every moment, coming out of the house or elsewhence.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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She accepts another's as readily as her own; she is satisfied so long as her back is burdened with a swarming crowd, whether it issue from her ovaries or elsewhence.
The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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