elsewhither

elsewhither
/els"hwidh'euhr, -widh'-, els hwidh"-, -widh"-/, adv. Archaic.
in another direction; toward a different place or goal.
[bef. 1000; ME elleswhider, OE elleshwider. See ELSE, WHITHER]

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  • Elsewhither — Else whith er, adv. To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester. For elsewhither was I bound. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • elsewhither — adverb /ˈɛlsʍɪðə/ Somewhither else; to some other place; in some other direction.<ref name= OED /> […] know that ‘impossible,’ where Truth and Mercy and the everlasting Voice of Nature order, has no place in the brave man’s dictionary. That …   Wiktionary

  • elsewhither — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷,  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adverb Etymology: Middle English elleswhider, from Old English elles hwider, from elles else + hwider whither more at whither : to some or any other place in a different direction or toward a different objective his… …   Useful english dictionary

  • μετοχμάζοντι — μετοχμάζω carry elsewhither pres part act masc/neut dat sg μετοχμάζω carry elsewhither pres ind act 3rd pl (doric) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • elsewhere — 1. adverb /ˌɛlsˈʍɛːə,ˈɛlsˌʍɛːɹ/ a) In or at some other place; away. These particular trees are not to be found elsewhere. b) To some other place. If you won’t serve us, we’ll go elsewhere. See Also: elsewhence, elsewhither 2 …   Wiktionary

  • elsewhence — adverb /ˈɛlsʍɛns/ From elsewhere; from some other place or source. Ant: elsewhither …   Wiktionary

  • away — Synonyms and related words: a rebours, a reculons, absconded, absent, afar, against the grain, aloof, anticlockwise, apart, arear, aside, ass backwards, astern, asunder, at a distance, at once, back, backward, backwards, counterclockwise, deleted …   Moby Thesaurus

  • elsewhere — Synonyms and related words: abroad, absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, away, bemused, castle building, daydreaming, daydreamy, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, ecstatic, elsewhither, engrossed, faraway, half awake, in a reverie, in the clouds …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ellor — ellor2 adv elsewhere, elsewhither, to some other place; ellor landes in another land …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • μετοχμάζοντες — μετοχμάζω carry elsewhither pres part act masc nom/voc pl …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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