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thus | hance |

As an adverb thus

is (lb) in this way or manner.

As a noun thus

is .

As a proper noun hance is

.

thus

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) thus, thous, thos, from (etyl) .

Adverb

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  • (lb) In this way or manner.
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  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
  • (lb) As a result.
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    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.}}
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus , by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying.}}
    Synonyms
    * (as a result) as a result, consequently, hence, so, therefore * (in this way) like so, like this, so, this way, thusly
    Derived terms
    * thusly * thus and so * thus and such

    Etymology 2

    See thuris

    Noun

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    hance

    English

    Etymology 1

    See “enhance”.

    Verb

    (hanc)
  • (obsolete) To raise, to elevate.
    • (Lydgate)

    Etymology 2

    Anglo-Norman, from Old French haulce .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.
  • * 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
    • He wears a minimal white cotton brief, and is pleased by the hance of its pouch, a catenary dip as he faces the mirror, the profile navicular and ostent.