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thence
adverb
From that place or from there
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ðɛns
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adverb
From that place or from there
“Proceeded thence directly to college”
adverb
From that circumstance or source; - W.V.Quine
“Atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible”
adverb
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
“Therefore X must be true”
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Proceeded thence directly to college
Flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow
Roads that lead therefrom
Atomic formulas and all compounds thence constructible
A natural conclusion follows thence
Public interest and a policy deriving therefrom
Typhus fever results therefrom
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
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