hence

  1. Adverb.  (context, conjunctive) as a result; therefore, for this reason.
  2. Adverb.  (context, temporal location) from this time, from now.
  3. Adverb.  (context, location) from this source or origin.
  4. Adverb.  (archaic) from here, from this place, away.
  5. Adverb.  (archaic) from the living or from this world.
  6. Adverb.  (archaic) henceforth, from this time.

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