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   hence

   /hɛns/

   adverb

   • 1. as a consequence; for this reason: "many vehicle journeys (and hence a lot of pollution) would be saved"
   • 2. from now (used after a period of time): "two years hence they might say something different"
   • 3. from here: archaic "hence, be gone"

   Word Origin Middle Englishhennes (in hence (sense 3)): from earlier henne (from Old English heonan, of Germanic origin, related to he) + -s3 (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound).

   Scrabble Points: 10

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