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thence
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synonyms: therefrom ???
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Definition:1. from a previously mentioned place2. [archaic] thereafter
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“Show the book.”
I returned to the window and fetched it thence.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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They bring hither also iron, and all sorts of iron tools; pewter vessels of all sorts, as dishes, plates, spoons, etc. looking-glasses, beads, and other toys; and the ships that touch at St. Jago bring thence, as I said, cotton cloth, which is afterwards sent to Angola.
William Dampier. A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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A moment later he peeped out thence and beckoned to Levin.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina.
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