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Hence

//ˈhɛns// adv, intj, name, verb

Definitions

Adverb

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."

Adverb

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

Intj

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, […]"

Proper Noun

1
A male given name. rare

Verb

1
To utter "hence!" to; to send away. obsolete, transitive
2
To depart; to go away. dated, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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