Hence
adv, intj, name, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To utter "hence!" to; to send away. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To depart; to go away. dated, intransitive
- 1 From here, from this place, away. archaic, not-comparable
"I'm going hence, because you have insulted me."
- 2 From the living or from this world. archaic, figuratively, not-comparable
"After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence."
- 3 In the future from now. not-comparable
"A year hence it will be forgotten."
- 4 As a result; therefore, for this reason. conjunctive, not-comparable
"I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party."
- 1 (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result wordnet
- 2 from this time wordnet
- 3 from this place wordnet
- 1 Go away! Begone! obsolete
"Zuc[cone]. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]"
- 1 A male given name. rare
Example
More examples"Hence 50 percent of the muscle can give way to fat."
Etymology
A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her (“here”).