hence
see also: Hence
Etymology
Hence
Proper noun
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see also: Hence
Etymology
A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan, from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē.
Cognate with osx hinan, Old High German hinnan (German hinnen), Dutch heen, Swedish hän. Related to Old English her.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈhɛns/
hence (not comparable)
- (archaic) From here, from this place, away.
- Synonyms: herefrom
- I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
- Get thee hence, Satan!
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene i], page 272 ↗, column 1:
- O Gertrude, come away: / The sun no ſooner ſhall the Mountaines touch, / But we will ſhip him hence,
- 1849, Arthur Hugh Clough, Easter Day (Naples, 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?
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC ↗:
- `Now leave me,' she said, `and sleep if ye may. I must watch and think, for to-morrow night we go hence, and the time is long since I trod the path that we must follow.'
- (archaic, figuratively) From the living or from this world.
- After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
- (of a length of time) In the future from now.
- A year hence it will be forgotten.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene i]:
- […] And now farewell / Till half an hour hence.
- (conjunctive) As a result; therefore, for this reason.
- Synonyms: consequently
- 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, Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles (translator), The Art of War, 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.
- French: d'ici
- German: von hier, fort, von hinnen (literary)
- Italian: da qui
- Portuguese: daqui
- Russian: отсю́да
- Spanish: de aquí
- French: ainsi, donc, d'où
- German: daher, deshalb, deswegen
- Italian: perciò, dunque, quindi
- Portuguese: portanto
- Russian: сле́довательно
- Spanish: por lo tanto, por eso, de ahí
- French: d'ici
- (obsolete) Go away! Begone!
- 1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC ↗, Act IV, scene i ↗:
- Zuc[cone]. Hence auant I will marie a woman with no wombe, a creature with two noſes, a wench with no haire rather then remarie thee, […]
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act I, scene ii], page 6 ↗, column 1:
- Mira[nda]. Beſeech you Father.
Proſ[pero]. Hence: hang not on my garments.
hence (hences, present participle hencing; simple past and past participle henced)
- (obsolete, transitive) To utter "hence!" to; to send away.
- (dated, intransitive) To depart; to go away.
Hence
Proper noun
- (very, rare) A male given name.
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