thence
thence is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii.
- 2.2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv.
- 3.3. For that reason; therefore. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton.
- 4.Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is thence.
- What is note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii called?
- What is 2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv called?
- What is 3. For that reason; therefore. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton called?
- What is not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] Shak called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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