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thence |
Overview of adv thence The adv thence has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) thence, therefrom -- (from that place or from there "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom") 2. thence, therefrom, thereof -- (from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence";"public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "Typhus fever results therefrom") 3. therefore, hence thence, thus -- ((used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted") Overview of adv thence The adv thence has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) thence, therefrom -- (from that place or from there "proceeded thence directly to college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads that lead therefrom") 2. thence, therefrom, thereof -- (from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a natural conclusion follows thence";"public interest and a policy deriving therefrom"; "Typhus fever results therefrom") 3. therefore, hence thence, thus -- ((used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted")
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