Thence
1Thence — 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… …
2thence — (also from thence) ► ADVERB formal 1) from a place or source previously mentioned. 2) as a consequence. USAGE Thence means ‘from that place’, as in he travelled across France to Spain and thence to England. Strictly speaking, the preposition from …
3thence — is a formal and literary word meaning ‘from there’ or ‘from then’: • It is very logical to feed wind powered energy in the form of either electricity or direct heat directly into a buffer system and thence to direct use Journal of the Royal… …
4thence — [ðens] adv formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old English; Origin: thanon from that place ] from there or following that ▪ We went to Trieste, and thence by train to Prague …
5thence — late 13c., from O.E. þanone, þanon from that place + adverbial genitive es. O.E. þanone, þanon is from W.Gmc. *thanana (Cf. O.S. thanana, O.N. þana, O.Fris. thana, O.H.G. danana, Ger. von dannen), related obscurely to the root of THEN (Cf. then) …
6thence — [thens; ] occas. [ thens] adv. [ME thens, thannes (with adv. gen. suffix es) < OE thanan, thence: for IE base see THAT] 1. from that place; therefrom 2. from that time; thenceforth 3. on that account; therefore …
7thence — [ ðens ] adverb LITERARY from a particular place or point …
8thence — /dhens/, adv. 1. from that place: I went first to Paris and thence to Rome. 2. from that time; thenceforth: He fell ill and thence was seldom seen. 3. from that source: Thence came all our troubles. 4. from that fact or reason; therefore: We were …
9thence — [[t]ðe̱ns[/t]] 1) ADV: usu ADV adv/prep, also ADV before v Thence means from a particular place, especially when you are giving directions about how to get somewhere. [FORMAL] I ran straight up to Columbia County, then turned East, came down the… …
10thence — From a stated place. The phrase thence up the river as used in field notes describing the boundary of a survey of public land, must be read with the declaration that the survey is on the southern bank of the river, in the light of the drawing or… …
