Thesaurus: thence

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1. adv. From that place.
2. adv. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
3. adv. For that reason; therefore.
4. adv. Not there; elsewhere; absent.
5. adv. from that place or from there
6. adv. from that circumstance or source
7. adv. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
8. 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.
9. r:100 r. from that place or from there r. from that circumstance or source