hence

(h

ns)
KEY
ADVERB:
-
- For this reason; therefore:
handmade and hence expensive.
- From this source:
They grew up in the Sudan; hence their interest in Nubian art.
- From this time; from now:
A year hence it will be forgotten.
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- From this place; away from here:
Get you hence!
- From this life.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English
hennes,
from here :
henne (from Old English
heonan; see
ko- in Indo-European roots) +
-es,
adv. suff. ; see
-s
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