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Webster 1913 Edition
Whatever
What-ev′er
,p
ron.
Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; – used both substantively and adjectively.
Whatever
fortune stays from his word. Shakespeare
Whatever
Earth, all-bearing mother, yields. Milton.
Whatever
be its intrinsic value. J. H. Newman.
☞ Whatever often follows a noun, being used elliptically. “There being no room for any physical discovery whatever” [sc. it may be].
Whately.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whatever
WHATEVER
, pron. [what and ever.]1.
Being this or that; being of one nature or another; being one thing or another; any thing that may be. Whatever is read, let it be read with attention. Whatever measure may be adopted, let it be with due caution. Whatever you do, let it be done with prudence.2.
All that; the whole that; all particulars that.At once came forth whatever creeps.