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whence

adverb

from what place, source, or cause?; from where?: whence does he find his strength?

conjunction

  1. from what place, source, or cause: I know whence he comes
  2. from which place, source, or cause: we went home, whence we departed soon after
  3. to the place from which: return whence you came
  4. from which fact: there was no reply, whence he inferred that all had gone

pronoun

a place, cause, etc.: preceded by from: its use is still frowned on by some

See whence in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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