thence
pronunciation
How to pronounce thence in British English:
UK [ðens]
How to pronounce thence in American English:
US [ðɛns, θɛns]
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- Adverb:
- from that place or from there
- from that circumstance or source
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
Word Origin
- thence (adv.)
- late 13c., from Old English þanone, þanon "from that place" + adverbial genitive -es. Old English þanone/þanon is from Proto-Germanic *thanana (cognates: Old Saxon thanana, Old Norse þana, Old Frisian thana, Old High German danana, German von dannen), related obscurely to the root of then, and ultimately from PIE demonstrative base *to- (see the). Written with -c- to indicate a voiceless "s" sound. Meaning "from that time" is from late 14c.; sense of "for that reason" is from 1650s. From thence is redundant.
Antonym
Example
- 1. He hitched south towards italy , and thence into .
- 2. Thence you in my heart forever .
- 3. He was very old , and thence very weak .
- 4. And whatsoever house ye enter into , there abide , and thence depart .
- 5. And they passed thence unto mount ephraim , and came unto the house .