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Definition of "whenas" []

  • Archaic When. (conjunction)
  • Archaic Whereas. (conjunction)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "whenas" in a sentence
  • "The writer sometimes uses archaisms such as quom, which I render 'whenas'."
  • "(Upon reflection I also recall whenas I addressed the cat, he not only appeared to ken my words, but he opened his mouth as if to speak."
  • ""whenas" (for when, vol.ii. 130), the common ballad-terms "a plump of spearmen" (ii. 190) and a "red cent" (i. 321), the only literal rendering of"
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