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whose

1. whose \(')hu:z, u:z\ aj [ME whos, gen. of who, what] : of or relating to 
   whom or which esp. as possessor or possessors {~  gorgeous vesture heaps 
   the ground -Robert Browning}, agent or agents {the law courts, ~ decisions 
   were important -F.L. Mott}, or object or objects of an action {the first 
   poem ~ publication he ever sanctioned -J.W. Krutch}
2. whose pn sing or pl in constr  : whose one or whose ones - used without 
   a following noun as a pronoun  equivalent in meaning to the adjective whose 
   {tell me ~ it was shak.}