hence
/ˈhɛns/
hence
English
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Definition
From here, from this place, away.
Etymology
A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē. Cognate with Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her (“here”).
Example Sentences
- "I'm going hence, because you have insulted me."
- "Get thee hence, Satan!"
- "O Gertrude, come away: / The sun no ſooner ſhall the Mountaines touch, / But we will ſhip him hence,"
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