thence

adv
/ðɛns/

Etymology

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

  1. derived from *þananā
  2. inherited from þennes

Definitions

  1. From there, from that place or from that time.

    • I came thence.
    • Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
    • And from thence he went agaynſt yͤ inhabiters of Debir (but Debir was called Kiriath Sepher afoꝛetyme.)
  2. Deriving from this fact or circumstance

    Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom.

    • I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.
  3. From that time

    From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at thence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at thence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA