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thence

  [thens] ,
Use thence in a Sentence
–adverb
1. from that place: I went first to Paris and thence to Rome.
2. from that time; thenceforth: He fell ill and thence was seldom seen.
3. from that source: Thence came all our troubles.
4. from that fact or reason; therefore: We were young, and thence optimistic.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME thennes, equiv. to thenne (earlier thenene, OE thanon(e) thence) + -es -s 1

Usage note:
See whence.
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thence   (thěns, thěns)   
adv.  
  1. From that place; from there: flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow.
  2. From that circumstance or source; therefrom.
  3. Archaic From that time; thenceforth. See Usage Note at whence.

[Middle English thennes : thenne, from there (from Old English thanon; see to- in Indo-European roots) + -es, genitive sing. suff.; see -s3.]
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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.

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. --Mark vi. 11.

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

Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. --Gen. xxvii. 45.

2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

There shall be no more thence an infant of days. --Isa. lxv. 20.

3. For that reason; therefore.

Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. --Milton.

4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] --Shak.
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thence 
c.1290, from O.E. þanone, þanon "from that place" + adverbial genitive -es. O.E. þanone, þanon is from W.Gmc. *thanana (cf. O.S. thanana, O.N. þana, O.Fris. thana, O.H.G. danana, Ger. von dannen), related obscurely to the root of then, and ult. from PIE demonstrative base *to- (see the). Written with -c- to indicate a voiceless "s" sound. From thence is redundant. Thenceforth is c.1374; thenceforward attested from 1457.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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