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Webster 1913 Edition

Thence

Thence

,
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.
When ye depart
thence
, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.
Mark vi. 11.
☞ It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf.
Hence
,
Whence
.
Then I will send, and fetch thee
from thence
.
Gen. xxvii. 45.
2.
From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
There shall be no more
thence
an infant of days.
Isa. lxv. 20.
3.
For that reason; therefore.
Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and
thence
ridiculous, about him.
Milton.
4.
Not there; elsewhere; absent.
[Poetic]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thence

THENCE

,
adv.
thens.
1.
From that place.
When you depart thence,shake off the dust of your feet. Mark 6.
It is more usual, though not necessary, to use from before thence.
Then will I send and fetch thee from thence. Gen.27.
2.
From that time.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Is.65.
3.
For that reason.
Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him.

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