hence
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hence 
[hens] Pronunciation Key
[hens] Pronunciation Key –adverb
–interjection
| 1. | as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore: The eggs were very fresh and hence satisfactory. |
| 2. | from this time; from now: They will leave a month hence. |
| 3. | from this source or origin. |
| 4. | Archaic.
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| 5. | Obsolete. depart (usually used imperatively). |
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(hěns) Pronunciation Key
adv.
[Middle English hennes, from here : henne (from Old English heonan; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + -es, adv. suff.; see -s3.] |
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hence
c.1275, hennes, from O.E. heonan "away, hence" + adverbial gen. -s, from W.Gmc. *khin- (cf. O.S. hinan, O.H.G. hinnan, Ger. hinnen); related to O.E. her "here." The modern spelling is phonetic, to retain the breathy -s-. Original sense is "away from here;" of time, from c.1380; meaning "from this (fact or circumstance)" first recorded 1586.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| hence | |
adverb | |
| 1. | (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" [syn: therefore] |
| 2. | from this place; "get thee hence!" |
| 3. | from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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.
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Hence\, v. t. To send away. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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