thence

From a Proto-Germanic root *þan- + adverbial genitive ending -s). Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

• IPA^(key): /ðɛns/

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  Rhymes: -ɛns

thence (not comparable)

1. From there, from that place or from that time.

   I came thence.

   Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii:

     Miranda: O, the heavens! / What foul play had we that we came from thence? / Or blessed was't we did?

     Prospero: Both, both, my girl. / By foul play, as thou sayst, were we heav'd thence, / But blessedly holp hither.

2. (literary) Deriving from this or as a result of this; for that reason; therefore.

• thither

• hence
• whence

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