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hence definition
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Overview of adv hence The adv hence has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (26) therefore, hence thence, thus -- ((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") 2. hence -- ((archaic) from this place "get thee hence!") 3. hence -- (from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten") Overview of adv hence The adv hence has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (26) therefore, hence thence, thus -- ((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") 2. hence -- ((archaic) from this place "get thee hence!") 3. hence -- (from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten")
hence definition