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(), adv.[OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. anon, anan, onan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannn, dann, 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. 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. スポンサード リンク
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