THENCE

therefore, hence, thence, thus, so

(adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; “therefore X must be true”; “the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory”; “we were young and thence optimistic”; “it is late and thus we must go”; “the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted”

thence, therefrom

(adverb) from that place or from there; “proceeded thence directly to college”; “flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow”; “roads that lead therefrom”

thence, therefrom, thereof

(adverb) from that circumstance or source; “atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible”- W.V.Quine; “a natural conclusion follows thence”; “public interest and a policy deriving therefrom”; “typhus fever results therefrom”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

thence (not comparable)

(formal) From there, from that place or from that time.

(literary) Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.

(archaic) From that time; thenceforth; thereafter

Antonyms

• thither

Anagrams

• techne

Source: Wiktionary


Thence, adv. Etym: [OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannan, danan, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That.]

1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11.

Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii. 45.

2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20.

3. For that reason; therefore. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton.

4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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