what does thence mean?
THENCE as ADVERB
- Meaning
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
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- 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
- Meaning
- from that place or from there
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- proceeded thence directly to college
- flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
- roads that lead therefrom
- Meaning
- from that circumstance or source
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- 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
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