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Whithersoever

Whithersoever \Whith`er*so*ev"er\, adv. [Whither + soever.] To whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, I will go whithersoever you lead.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
whithersoever

early 13c., from whither + so + ever.

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whithersoever

adv. To what place soever; wherever.

WordNet
whithersoever

adv. to whatever place; "whithersoever you go..." [syn: whitherso]

Usage examples of "whithersoever".

We must go to her, trampling what is merely useful under our feet: whithersoever she may call us or send us we must go, without any regard for our private fortunes, sometimes without sparing even our own blood, nor must we ever refuse to obey any of her commands.

As for your going to Craigmillar, you shall go whithersoever you please, yourself.

Do you pledge yourself that you will henceforth be guided by my counsel, and follow me whithersoever I choose to lead?

Jones was commanded to leave the house immediately, and told, that his clothes and everything else should be sent to him whithersoever he should order them.

Pluto ravishes Proserpine, and Thais will follow my fierce-looking friend whithersoever he will lead her.

Go, and take with you, whithersoever you go, the good wishes of Nicias!

And, therefore, I stay not long here, whithersoever I may be bound next.

Danae and her babe down to the seashore, and put them into a great chest and thrust them out to sea, for the winds and the waves to carry them whithersoever they would.

There seem to be certain set types which continually crop up again whithersoever you go, and even certain tricks of speech and curves of the head---a set of family portraits walking about the world.

A carriage waits your orders, and Ali and Myrtho will accompany you whithersoever you desire to go.

Pending such rescue, however, he was obliged to accompany the forces of his captor whithersoever their strategical necessities led them, which included many strange places.

Tom went to the door, thinking, Be strong and of a good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee, whithersoever thou goest.

One whom you have never seen, who lives in a community of which you know nothing, sends you specimens more or less painfully voluminous of his writings, which he asks you to read over, think over, and pray over, and send back an answer informing him whether fame and fortune are awaiting him as the possessor of the wonderful gifts his writings manifest, and whether you advise him to leave all,--the shop he sweeps out every morning, the ledger he posts, the mortar in which he pounds, the bench at which he urges the reluctant plane,--and follow his genius whithersoever it may lead him.

Had I been hypnotised, I should beyond doubt have moved like a sheep whithersoever this shepherd willed.

Afterwards, perhaps, when Peter had learned to do without her--as he would learn too surely in the course of nature--she would be free to turn to John, and put her hand in his, and let him lead her whithersoever he would.