thence
adverb
1.
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”
3.
Origin
From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.
Phrases
- thence after
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