thenceforth
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːɹθ/
Adverb

thenceforth (not comparable)

  1. From that time on.
    • 1774 — First Continental Congress, The Articles of Association
      ...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British-America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her.
    • 1927-1929 — Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, "Nirbal Ke Bala Rama", translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai
      I decided to act thenceforth with great caution; not to leave the house, but somehow leave Portsmouth.
    • 1994 — Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (12 Feb)
      Here his hand trembled as he set his pen to the proclamation that declared slaves thenceforth and forever free.
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