Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb From that place; from there.
- adverb From that circumstance or source; therefrom.
- adverb Archaic From that time; thenceforth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- From that place.
- From that time; after that.
- From that source; from or out of this or that; for that reason.
- Not there; elsewhere; absent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb From that place.
- adverb From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
- adverb For that reason; therefore.
- adverb Poetic Not there; elsewhere; absent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb From
there , from that place or from that time. (I came thence.) - adverb literary Deriving from this or as a result of this.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- adverb from that place or from there
- adverb from that circumstance or source
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The basin was called caddichus, and the rejected candidate had a name thence derived.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Afterward he was for some time at Eton, where he had the ill-luck to receive some fifty-four stripes for his shortcomings in Latin; thence he goes to Trinity
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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A mile from thence is a very high hill from whence I Could see a great distance – Warwick and Coventry and a large tract of Land all round.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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A mile thence is a fine pile of Buildings of Stone very uniforme and high Called Worsup Mannour built by a Coe heir of the Devonshire house – 3 sisters built 3 noble buildings, this and Ardeck and Chattsworth.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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About seven miles thence is Cowes both East and west 2 ports for Shipps to ride in and be Recruited wth all sorts of provisions wch is done on very reasonable terms.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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A mile thence is Basin on ye Left hand wch was a house of ye Duke of Boltons, but being a Garrison in ye Civil warrs was pulled down and Now only some part remaines, and the Gardens wch are improved and new walls built: fine fruit and vineyards, a large parke to it.
Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888
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The basin was called caddichus, and the rejected candidate had a name thence derived.
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls 46-120? Plutarch 1884
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(So 2: 4) first into the King's chambers, thence is drawn after Him in answer to her prayer; is next received on a grassy couch under a cedar kiosk; and at last in a "banqueting hall," such as, Josephus says,
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Only the voice that called me thence is beginning to call again.
Parables From Nature 1857
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Too many are apt to value themselves upon such accounts as these; but the joy that results thence is nothing to that which arises from an impartial trial of ourselves by the rule of God's word, and our being able thereupon to approve ourselves to him.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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