'Thence' definitions:

Definition of 'thence'

From: WordNet
adverb
From that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom]
adverb
From that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom, thereof]
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]

Definition of 'Thence'

From: GCIDE
  • Thence \Thence\, adv. [OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. [eth]anon, [eth]anan, [eth]onan; akin to OHG. dannana, dann[=a]n, dan[=a]n, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That.]
  • 1. From that place. "Bid him thence go." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. --Mark vi. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. [1913 Webster]
  • Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. --Gen. xxvii. 45. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. [1913 Webster]
  • There shall be no more thence an infant of days. --Isa. lxv. 20. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. For that reason; therefore. [1913 Webster]
  • Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'thence'

From: Moby Thesaurus