Adverb

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(archaic) from here, from this place, away

I'm going hence , because you have insulted me.

Get thee hence , Satan!

* c.1599-1601 , , Act 4, Scene 1,

O Gertrude, come away! / The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch, / But we will ship him hence :

* 1849 , ,

Ye men of Galilee! / Why stand ye looking up to heaven, where Him ye ne’er may see, / Neither ascending hence , nor returning hither again?

(archaic, figuratively) from the living or from this world

''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence .

(archaic, of a length of time) in the future from now

''A year hence it will be forgotten.

(conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason

''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.

''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.

* 1910 , , Section VI: Weak Points and Strong, 8,

Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

* 1910 , [1513], , Chapter VI,

Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

* 1731 May 27, ,

That hence arises the peculiar Unhappiness of that Business, which other Callings are no way liable to;

(temporal location) from this time, from now

''The plane will leave two months hence .

Adverb

(-)

(conjunctive) For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.

*

I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.

*

Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore ?

(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.

* , title=(Discourse on the Method)

, passage=Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)}}

*

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, 

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April, author=

, volume=100, issue=2, page=171, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Well-connected Brains , passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}

* (rfdate), Spectator

He blushes; therefore he is guilty.