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Webster 1913 Edition


Whose

Whose

(hoōz)
,
p
ron.
[OE.
whos
,
whas
, AS.
hwæs
, gen. of
hwā
. See
Who
.]
The possessive case of who or which. See
Who
, and
Which
.
Whose
daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee.
Gen. xxiv. 23.
The question
whose
solution I require.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whose

WHOSE

, hooz. The possessive or genitive case of who or which; applied to persons or things. We say, the person whose merits are known; the garment whose color is admired.