'Hence' definitions:
Definition of 'hence'
From: WordNet
adverb
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus, so]
adverb
From this place; "get thee hence!"
adverb
From this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten"
Definition of 'Hence'
From: GCIDE
- Hence \Hence\ (h[e^]ns), adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinn[=a]n, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of E. he. See He.]
- 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Arise, let us go hence. --John xiv. 31. [1913 Webster]
- I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. --Acts xxii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. From this time; in the future; as, a week hence. "Half an hour hence." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. From this reason; therefore; -- as an inference or deduction. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. From this source or origin. [1913 Webster]
- All other faces borrowed hence Their light and grace. --Suckling. [1913 Webster]
- Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts? --James. iv. 1. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Hence is used, elliptically and imperatively, for go hence; depart hence; away; be gone. "Hence with your little ones." --Shak. -- From hence, though a pleonasm, is fully authorized by the usage of good writers. [1913 Webster]
- An ancient author prophesied from hence. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hence'
From: GCIDE
- Hence \Hence\, v. t. To send away. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordingly,
- as a result,
- away,
- because of that,
- because of this,
- consequently,
- ergo,
- for that,
- for that cause,
- for that reason,
- for this cause,
- for this reason,
- for which reason,
- forth,
- hereat,
- in the future,
- off,
- on that account,
- on that ground,
- on this account,
- out,
- propter hoc,
- so,
- then,
- thence,
- thereat,
- therefor,
- therefore,
- therefrom,
- thereof,
- thereupon,
- thus,
- thusly,
- thuswise,
- whence,
- wherefore,
- wherefrom