Definition of "hence" in English

adverb

1. (archaic) From here, from this place, away.

   • I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
   • Get thee hence, Satan!

2. (archaic, figuratively) From the living or from this world.

   • After a long battle, my poor daughter was taken hence.

3. (of a length of time) In the future from now.

   • A year hence it will be forgotten.

4. (conjunctive) 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.
   • Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

interjection

1. (obsolete) Go away! Begone!

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter "hence!" to; to send away.

2. (dated, intransitive) To depart; to go away.