Henceforward

//hɛnsˈfɔɹwɝd// adv

adv ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    from now on; from this time on not-comparable

    "In other words, what we can expect to see henceforward, provided that all Regions make the effort, is a welcome brightening-up of stations and improvement in the general standard of amenities."

Adverb
  1. 1
    from this time forth; from now on wordnet

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any morefrom now ongoing forwardhenceforthhenceforthhenceforth

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""Whoe'er thou art, henceforward blot from mind / the Greeks, and leave thy miseries behind. / Ours shalt thou be; but mark, and tell me now, / what means this monster, for what use designed? / Some warlike engine? or religious vow? / Who planned the steed, and why? Come, quick, the truth avow.""

Etymology

From Middle English hennes forward, equivalent to hence + forward. Compare Middle English hens-forthward, hennes forthward (“henceforward”).

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