About The Word Hence
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Hence
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What's The Definition Of Hence?
[adv] (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"
[adv] from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten" [adv] (archaic) from this place; "get thee hence!" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hence: thence | therefore | thus Related Terms | Find terms related to Hence: accordingly | as a result | away | because of that | because of this | consequently | ergo | for that | for that cause | for that reason | for this cause | for this reason | for which reason | forth | hereat | in the future | off | on that account | on that ground | on this account | out | propter hoc | so | then | thence | thereat | therefor | therefore | therefrom | thereof | thereupon | thus | thusly | thuswise | whence | wherefore | wherefrom See Also | Hence In Webster's Dictionary \Hence\, adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive
ending; cf. {-wards}), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen,
heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG.
hinn[=a]n, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of
E. he. See {He}.]
1. From this place; away. ``Or that we hence wend.''
--Chaucer.
Arise, let us go hence. --John xiv.
31.
I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. --Acts
xxii. 21.
2. From this time; in the future; as, a week hence. ``Half an
hour hence.'' --Shak.
3. From this reason; as an inference or deduction.
Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear
of the Lord the beginning of wisdom. --Tillotson.
4. From this source or origin.
All other faces borrowed hence Their light and
grace. --Suckling.
Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they
not hence, even of your lusts? --James. iv.
1.
Note: Hence is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go
hence; depart hence; away; be gone. ``Hence with your
little ones.'' --Shak. -- From hence, though a
pleonasm, is fully authorized by the usage of good
writers.
An ancient author prophesied from hence. --Dryden.
Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow.
--Milton.
\Hence\, v. t. To send away. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. |
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