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Webster 1913 Edition
Whate'er
What-e’er′
,p
ron.
A contraction of what-ever; – used in poetry.
“Whate’er is in his way.” Shak.
Definition 2024
whate'er
whate'er
English
Determiner
whate'er
- (poetic, uncommon) Contraction of whatever.
- 2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion (ISBN 0759288046), page 254:
- " […] because I think ye will be rushing off to the nearest bed with whate'er woman is ogling ye at that moment."
- 2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion (ISBN 0759288046), page 254:
Pronoun
whate'er
- (poetic) Contraction of whatever.
- 1858, Catherine Winkworth, Whate'er my god ordains is right, translation of Samuel Rodigast's Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (1675)