adv. [ OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. ðanon, ðanan, ðonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannān, danān, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That. ] 1. From that place. “Bid him thence go.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. For that reason; therefore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. From that time; thereafter. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. From that time onward; thenceforth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. From that place. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]