thence

Adverb
Synonyms: therefromthereofthereforehencethusso

WordNet 3.0

Adverb (3)

  1. from that place or from there“proceeded thence directly to college”“flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow”“roads that lead therefrom”Synonyms: therefrom
  2. 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”Synonyms: therefromthereof
  3. (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”Synonyms: thereforehencethusso
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Thence \Thence\, adv. [OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. [eth]anon, [eth]anan, [eth]onan; akin to OHG. dannana, dann[=a]n, dan[=a]n, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That.]

1.From that place. "Bid him thence go." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.— Mark vi. 11.[1913 Webster]

Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. [1913 Webster]

Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence.— Gen. xxvii. 45.[1913 Webster]

2.From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. [1913 Webster]

There shall be no more thence an infant of days.— Isa. lxv. 20.[1913 Webster]

3.For that reason; therefore. [1913 Webster]

Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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