English Dictionary: Hence | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hence \Hence\, adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending; cf. {-wards}), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinn[be]n, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of E. he. See {He}.] 1. From this place; away. [bd]Or that we hence wend.[b8] --Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. --John xiv. 31. I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. --Acts xxii. 21. 2. From this time; in the future; as, a week hence. [bd]Half an hour hence.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hence \Hence\, v. t. To send away. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. |