"whene'er" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1875, Thomas Payne Westendorf (lyrics and music), “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”:",
          "text": "\"Your voice is sad whene'er you speak / and tears bedim your loving eyes.\"",
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          "ref": "1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant",
          "text": "Whene'er I spoke / Sarcastic joke / Replete with malice spiteful, / This people mild / Politely smil'd, / And voted me delightful!"
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          "ref": "2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, →ISBN, page 96:",
          "text": "“Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”",
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        "Contraction of whenever."
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        "(dialectal or poetic, otherwise archaic) Contraction of whenever."
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  "word": "whene'er"
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          "ref": "1875, Thomas Payne Westendorf (lyrics and music), “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen”:",
          "text": "\"Your voice is sad whene'er you speak / and tears bedim your loving eyes.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1884 January 5 (date it opened at the Savoy Theatre), Arthur Sullivan (music), W. S. Gilbert (libretto), Princess Ida; or, Castle Adamant",
          "text": "Whene'er I spoke / Sarcastic joke / Replete with malice spiteful, / This people mild / Politely smil'd, / And voted me delightful!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, →ISBN, page 96:",
          "text": "“Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”",
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        "Contraction of whenever."
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