hence

[hens] /hɛns/

adverb

as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore:

The eggs were very fresh and hence satisfactory.

from this time; from now:

They will leave a month hence.

from this source or origin.

Archaic.

from this place; from here; away:
The inn is but a quarter mile hence.
from this world or from the living:
After a long, hard life they were taken hence.
henceforth; from this time on.

interjection

Obsolete. depart (usually used imperatively).

Origin

1225-75; Middle English hens, hennes, equivalent to henne (Old English heonan) + -es -s¹

Can be confused

hence, hither, thence, thither, whence, whither, yon (see usage note at whence)

Examples from the web for hence

They did not use their radios and hence were undetected.
Following the impact, both balls have velocity and hence momentum.
It has no internal grain boundaries, and hence it looks transparent.
They almost always have a faster f-stop and, hence, will do better in low light.
hence, it would behoove people to allow themselves to be entertained and not take the film too seriously.
hence the heavy traffic to the rest rooms at bars and parties.
hence the book's picaresque quality-it is a string of anecdotes-and also, at times, a certain patness in the comedy.
The drier the air the more the thermometer cools and hence, the lower the wet-bulb temperature.
hence, literary tourism, which is not a brand-new idea.
hence the air-transportation precedents should be emulated.

British Dictionary definitions for hence

hence

/hɛns/

sentence connector

for this reason; following from this; therefore

adverb

from this time: a year hence

(archaic)

from here or from this world; away
from this origin or source

interjection

(archaic) begone! away!

Word Origin

Old English hionane; related to Old High German hinana away from here, Old Irish cen on this side

Word Origin and History for hence

adv.

late 13c., hennes, from Old English heonan "away, hence," from West Germanic *hin- (cf. Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan, German hinnen); related to Old English her "here" (see here). With adverbial genitive -s. The modern spelling (mid-15c.) is phonetic, to retain the breathy -s- (cf. twice, pence). Original sense is "away from here;" of time, from late 14c.; meaning "from this (fact or circumstance)" first recorded 1580s.