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thence.

From there, from that place or from that time.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adv/ðɛns/
  1. From there, from that place or from that time.

    formal · not-comparable
    I came thence.
    Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
  2. Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.

    literary · not-comparable
    I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.
  3. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

    archaic · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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.

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