Category:Thence

Thence, adv. Etym: [oe. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; See -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), as. Thanon, thanan, thonan; akin to ohg. dannana, dannan, danan, and g. Von dannen, e. that, there. See that.]

1. From that place. "bid him thence go." Chaucer. When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a Testimony against them. Mark vi. 11.

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. 45.

2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20.

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.