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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.
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When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your
feet for a testimony against them. --Mark vi. 11.
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Note: It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from
before thence. Cf. {Hence}, {Whence}.
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Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence.
--Gen. xxvii.
45.
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2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
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There shall be no more thence an infant of days.
--Isa. lxv.
20.
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3. For that reason; therefore.
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Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. --Milton.
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4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic] --Shak.
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