Thence (?), adv. [OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. ðanon, ðanan, ðonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannān, danān, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That.] 1. 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.
☞ It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence.
Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii. 45.
2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.
There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20.
3. For that reason; therefore.
Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton.
4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. Shak.