Sekirov Dictionary

hence

/ˈhɛns/

adverb 4
verb 2
exclamation 1
forms 3

adverb4

•
so, or as a result of this
- I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
- The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
•
In the future from now.
- A year hence it will be forgotten.
•
(no longer used) From here, from this place, away.
- I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence, Satan!
•
(figurative, no longer used) From the living or from this world.
- After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.

verb2

(old-fashioned) To depart; to go away.
(no longer used) To utter "hence!" to; to send away.

exclamation1

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(no longer used) Go away! Begone!
- 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, […] — 1604

forms

henced · hencing · hences

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