adv. 1. From that place; from there: flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow. 2. From that circumstance or source; therefrom. [Middle English thennes : thenne, from there (from Old English thanon; see to- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) + -es, genitive sing. suff.; see -S3.] |
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