Hence

adv.	1.	From this place; away. Arise, let us go hence. - John xiv. 31. I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. - Acts xxii. 21.
	2.	From this time; in the future; as, a week hence.
	3.	From this reason; therefore; - as an inference or deduction. Hence, perhaps, it is, that Solomon calls the fear of the Lord the beginning of wisdom. - Tillotson.
	4.	From this source or origin. All other faces borrowed hence Their light and grace. - Suckling. Whence come wars and fightings among you? Come they not hence, even of your lusts? - James. iv. 1. An ancient author prophesied from hence. - Dryden. Expelled from hence into a world Of woe and sorrow. - Milton.
v. t.	1.	To send away.

Adv.	1.	hence - (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "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" Synonyms: therefore, thus, thence
	2.	hence - from this place; "get thee hence!"
	3.	hence - from this time; "a year hence it will be forgotten"

accordingly, as a result, away, because of that, because of this, ergo, for that, for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which reason, forth, hereat, in the future, off, on that account, on that ground, on this account, out, propter hoc, then, thereat, therefor, therefrom, thereof, thereupon, thus, thusly, thuswise, whence, wherefore, wherefrom

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