hence
Meanings
Adverb
- from here, from this place, away
- from the living or from this world
- in the future from now
- as a result; therefore, for this reason
Interjection
- Go away! Begone!
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Origin
- A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan, from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.
- Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her.
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