Thence (?), adv. [OE. thenne,
thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards)
thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written
thence), AS. ðanon, ðanan, ðonan;
akin to OHG. dannana, dannān, danān, and
G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That.]
1. From that place. "Bid him thence go."
Chaucer.
When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your
feet for a testimony against them.
Mark vi. 11.
☞ It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before
thence. Cf. Hence, Whence.
Then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence.
Gen. xxvii. 45.
2. From that time; thenceforth;
thereafter.
There shall be no more thence an infant of
days.
Isa. lxv. 20.
3. For that reason; therefore.
Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him.
Milton.
4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [Poetic]
Shak.