WHATEVER, pronoun [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.
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