Thĕnçe, adv.

[O. Eng. thenne, or with the termination of a genitive, thennes, thens, A-S. thanan, thanon, thanun, thanone, thanonne, thonan, thonon, O. H. Ger. thanana, danana, dannân, danân, dana, M. H. Ger. dannân, danne, dane, N. H. Ger. dannen, von dannen; Icel. thadhan, Goth. thathrôh, thathrô. Cf. supra.] 1. From that place. When you depart thence, shake off the dust of your feet. Mark vi. 11. ☞ It is not unusual, though a pleonasm, to use from before thence. Then I will send and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii. 45. 2. From that time. There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20. 3. For that reason. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous about him. Milton.