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HENCE adv. 5 definitions
From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. Acts xxii. 21.
HENCEFORTH adv.
From this time forward; henceforward. I never from thy side henceforth to stray. Milton.
HENCEFORWARD adv.
From this time forward; henceforth.
ARCHENCEPHALA n.
The division that includes man alone. R. Owen.
HEREHENCE adv.
From hence. [Obs.]
SITHENCE; SITHENS adv.
Since. See Sith, and Sithen. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
THENCE adv. 4 definitions
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.
THENCEFORTH adv.
at time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13.
THENCEFORWARD adv.
From that time onward; thenceforth.
THENCEFROM adv.
From that place. [Obs.]
WHENCE adv. 2 definitions
From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively. Whence hath this man this wisdom Matt. xiii. 54. Whence and what art thou Milton.
WHENCEEVER adv.
Whencesoever. [R.]
WHENCEFORTH adv.
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. [Obs.] Spenser.
WHENCESOEVER adv.
From what place soever; from what cause or source soever. Any idea, whencesoever we have it. Locke.
ABB n.
Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.
ABECEDARIAN n.
One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
ABECEDARIAN; ABECEDARY a.
Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary. Abecedarian psalms, hymns, etc., compositions in which (like the 119th psalm in Hebrew) distinct portions or verses commence with successive letters of the alphabet. Hook.
ABHORRENT a.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover.
ABJECT a. 2 definitions
, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.
ABOARD adv.
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
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