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hence  (hns)
adv.
1.
a. For this reason; therefore: handmade and hence expensive.
b. From this source: They grew up in the Sudan; hence their interest in Nubian art.
2. From this time; from now: A year hence it will be forgotten.
3.
a. From this place; away from here: Get you hence!
b. From this life.

[Middle English hennes, from here : henne (from Old English heonan; see ko- in Indo-European roots) + -es, adv. suff.; see -s3.]

hence
Adverb
1. for this reason; therefore
2. from this time: two weeks hence
3. Archaic from here [Old English hionane]
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Adv.1.hence - (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
2.hence - from this place; "get thee hence!"
archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
3.hence - from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten"

hence
adverb therefore, thus, consequently, for this reason, in consequence, ergo, on that account
Translations
Spanish hence [hɛns] adv (= therefore) → por lo tanto;
2 years hence → de aquí a 2 años

French hence [hɛns] adv (= therefore) → d'où, de là;
2 years hence → d'ici 2 ans

German hence [hɛns] advdaher;
2 years hence → in zwei Jahren

Italian hence [hɛns] adv (= therefore) → dunque;
2 years hence → di qui a 2 anni

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Whether the seamen of three hundred years hence will have the faculty of sympathy it is impossible to say.
Hence it is that history furnishes us with so many mortifying examples of the prevalency of foreign corruption in republican governments.
Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
 
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