hence
advEtymology
A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her (“here”).
Definitions
From here, from this place, away.
- I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence, Satan!
- O Gertrude, come away: / The sun no ſooner ſhall the Mountaines touch, / But we will ſhip him hence,
From the living or from this world.
- After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
In the future from now.
- A year hence it will be forgotten.
- […]And now farewell / Till half an hour hence.
- There may be an occasion to do so two years hence.
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As a result
As a result; therefore, for this reason.
- I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
- The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
- Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.
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, […]
- Mira[nda]. Beſeech you Father. Proſ[pero]. Hence: hang not on my garments.
To utter "hence!" to
To utter "hence!" to; to send away.
To depart
To depart; to go away.
A male given name.
The neighborhood
Derived
henceafter, henceforth, henceforward, henceforwards, hencefrom, herehence, therehence
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA