01 adv. From this place; away.
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From this place; away.“Arise, let us go hence.” — John xiv. 31.“I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.” — Acts xxii. 21.
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From this time; in the future; as, a week hence.
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From this reason; therefore; -- as an inference or deduction.“Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom.” — Tillotson.
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From this source or origin.“All other faces borrowed hence Their light and grace.” — Suckling.“Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts?” — James. iv. 1.“An ancient author prophesied from hence.” — Dryden.“Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow.” — Milton.