Thenceforth

//ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ// adv

adv ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    From that time on. not-comparable

    "...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British-America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her."

Adverb
  1. 1
    from that time on wordnet

Example

More examples

""Nor in my madness kept my purpose low, / but vowed, if e'er should happier chance invite, / and bring me home a conqueror, even so / my comrade's death with vengeance to requite. / My words aroused his wrath; thence evil's earliest blight. / Thenceforth Ulysses sought with slanderous tongue / to daunt me, scattering in the people's ear / dark hints, and looked for partners of his wrong; / nor rested, till with Calchas' aid, the seer...""

Etymology

From Middle English thennesforth, equivalent to thence + forth.

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