| adv. | 1. | From that place. |
| 2. | From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. | |
| 3. | For that reason; therefore. | |
| 4. | Not there; elsewhere; absent. |
| Adv. | 1. | thence - from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom" Synonyms: therefrom |
| 2. | thence - from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results therefrom" | |
| 3. | thence - (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" |
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