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thence

UK/ðɛns/ US/ˈðɛns/ rare archaic formal literary

adverb

1.

from that place or from there

  • “proceeded thence directly to college”
  • “flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow”
  • “roads that lead therefrom”
Synonyms
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.

(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”

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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