(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; 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 so cannot be trusted

[ Syn: therefore , therefore , thence , thence , thus , thus , so , so , therefore , therefore , thence , thence , thus , thus , so , so , therefore , therefore , thence , thence , thus , thus , so , so , therefore , therefore , thence , thence , thus , thus , so , so ]

from this place; get thee hence!'

from this time; a year hence it will be forgotten'