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thence adverb [ ðɛns ]

• from a place or source previously mentioned.
• "they intended to cycle on into France and thence home via Belgium"
Origin: Middle English thennes, from earlier thenne (from Old English thanon, of West Germanic origin) + -s3 (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound).


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