whence
/wɛns/
adverb
- From what place or source.
- No one knew whence the strange sound came.
- Whence did you get that information?
- She asked whence the river flowed.
- From which; from where (used to show origin).
- We traced the rumor to the source whence it began.
- The cave whence the treasure was taken is now sealed.
- He returned to the town whence he had fled.
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