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tho | hence |

As a conjunction tho

is (telegraph) abbreviation of though.

As an adverb hence is

(archaic) from here, from this place, away.

As a verb hence is

(obsolete) to send away.

tho

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Article

(head)
  • (label) The (plural form); those.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (label) Those; they.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Then; thereupon.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:

    • Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (label) When.

    • Etymology 3

    American English; Alteration of (though).

    Adverb

    (-)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2009 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=John Hough , title=Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Simon and Schuster , isbn=9781416589655 , page=121 , passage=I wonder now when I will find time to read it but it is a treasure anyway tho heavy in my knapsack, … }}

    Anagrams

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    hence

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (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 .

    Synonyms

    * consequently

    Derived terms

    * henceforth * henceforward

    Related terms

    * whence * thence

    Verb

    (henc)
  • (obsolete) To send away.
    • (Sir Philip Sidney)
    English conjunctive adverbs English location adverbs English temporal location adverbs