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hence definition

hence (hens)

adverb

  1. from this place; away go hence
    1. from this time; after now a year hence
    2. thereafter; subsequently
  3. from this life
  4. for this reason; as a result; therefore: often used as a conjunctive adverb
  5. Archaic from this origin or source

Etymology: ME hennes < henne < OE heonan(e), from here + -(e)s, adv. gen. suffix (as in since, thence) < IE base as in he, here

interjection

Archaic depart; go away
hence Idioms

hence with!

Archaic away with!

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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