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Webster 1913 Edition

Henceforth

Henceˊforth′

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adv.

From this time forward; henceforward.

I never from thy side

henceforth

to stray.

Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Henceforth

HENCEFORTH

,

adv.

hens'forth. From this time forward.

I never from thy side henceforth will stray.

Definition 2024

henceforth

henceforth

English

Adverb

henceforth ‎(not comparable)

(formal) From now on; from this time on.
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I, scene II:
  My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named
I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!
- Darth Sidious, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth...Vader.

Synonyms

henceforward

Translations

from now on

Armenian: այսուհետեւ ‎(aysuhetew)
Bulgarian: занапред (bg) ‎(zanapréd)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 從此 (zh), 从此 (zh) ‎(cóngcǐ), 從此以後, 从此以后 ‎(cóngcǐ yǐhòu), 此後 (zh), 此后 (zh) ‎(cǐhòu), 今後 (zh), 今后 (zh) ‎(jīnhòu)
Danish: fra nu af (da), for fremtiden, fremover
Dutch: voortaan (nl), vanaf (nl) nu (nl)
Finnish: vastedes (fi), tästä lähin, tästedes (fi)
French: dorénavant (fr), désormais (fr)
German: künftig (de), fürderhin (de), hinfort (de), fortan (de)
Greek: εφεξής (el) ‎(efexís)
Icelandic: héðan í frá, upp frá þessu
Irish: uaidh seo amach
Italian: d’ora in poi, d’ora in avanti
Japanese: 今後 ‎(こんご, kongo), これ以後 ‎(これいご, kore-igo)

Korean: 이제부터는 ‎(ijebuteoneun)
Kurdish:
Sorani: له‌مه‌ودوا
Latin: posthac, dehinc, amodo
Macedonian: отсега ‎(ótsega)
Maori: ā muri ake nei
Persian: از حالاً ‎(az hâlan), من بعد (fa) ‎(men ba'd)
Portuguese: doravante (pt), de agora em diante, de agora em diante
Russian: отны́не (ru) ‎(otnýne), впредь (ru) ‎(vpredʹ), в дальне́йшем (ru) ‎(v dalʹnéjšem), с э́тих пор ‎(s étix por)
Spanish: en adelante
Swahili: tokea sasa
Swedish: hädanefter (sv)
Tagalog: mulâ ngayón
Turkish: bundan böyle (tr), artık (tr)