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hence

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"Thus"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛns/Part of speech adverbSorted ceehnStarts with HEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (HENCE).

Definitions

  1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

Word origin

A later Middle English spelling, retaining the voiceless -s, of hennes (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from Old English heonan (“away", "hence”), from a Proto-West Germanic *hin-, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, and Proto-Germanic *-anē.

Used in a sentence

  • I'm going hence, because you have insulted me.
  • Get thee hence, Satan!
  • O Gertrude, come away: / The sun no ſooner ſhall the Mountaines touch, / But we will ſhip him hence,

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