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View synonyms for thenceforth

thenceforth

[ thens-fawrth, -fohrth, thens-fawrth, -fohrth ]

adverb

  1. from that time or place onward.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thenceforth1

1325–75; Middle English thennes forth (compare Old English thanonforth ). See thence, forth

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Example Sentences

But thenceforth the insurgent troops became quite uncontrollable and insolent to their officers.

Thenceforth, it ebbed, though it raged madly for a while in the effort to sweep away the obstruction.

Thenceforth he was always a reliable ally of the Spaniards against Moro incursions.

Many retailers followed the lead, and the acceptance of the new medium thenceforth greatly increased.

One presented himself, and it thenceforth became as dangerous to kill a slave as a freeman in Barbadoes.

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