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Adverb: hence  hen(t)s
  1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact, reason or as a result
    "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory";
    - therefore, thence, thus, so
     
  2. From this time
    "a year hence it will be forgotten"
     
  3. [archaic] From this place
    "get thee hence!"

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