HENCE

hence

Verb

  1. To send away.

Adverb

  1. from here, from this place, away
    I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
    Get thee hence, Satan!
  2. from the living or from this world
    ''After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.
  3. in the future from now
    ''A year hence it will be forgotten.
  4. as a result; therefore, for this reason
    ''I shall go to Japan and hence will not be here in time for the party.
    ''The purse is handmade and hence very expensive.
  5. from this time, from now
    ''The plane will leave two months hence.


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