thenceforth
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English thennesforth, equivalent to thence + forth.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thĕnsfôrth IPA(key): /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːɹθ/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adverb
editthenceforth (not comparable)
- From that time on.
- 1774, First Continental Congress, The Articles of Association:
- ...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British-America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her.
- 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 63, in Moby Dick:
- Furthermore: you must know that when the second iron is thrown overboard, it thenceforth becomes a dangling, sharp-edged terror, skittishly curvetting about both boat and whale, entangling the lines, or cutting them, and making a prodigious sensation in all directions.
- 1861, Charles Dickens, chapter VI, in Great Expectations:
- The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue.
- 1927-1929 — Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, "Nirbal Ke Bala Rama", translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai
- I decided to act thenceforth with great caution; not to leave the house, but somehow leave Portsmouth.
- 1994 February 12, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address:
- Here his hand trembled as he set his pen to the proclamation that declared slaves thenceforth and forever free.
Synonyms
edit- (from that time on): thenceforward, thenceforwards
Translations
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See also
edit- (about) hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts) hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after) hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (against) hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (again) thereagain
- (among) hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst) hereamongst, thereamongst, whereamongst
- (anent) hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
- (around) therearound, wherearound
- (as) thereas, whereas
- (at) hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before) herebefore, therebefore
- (beside) therebeside
- (between) therebetween, wherebetween
- (by) hereby, thereby, whereby
- (fore) herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (for) herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (from) herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence) herehence, therehence
- (in after) hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before) hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (in) herein, therein, wherein
- (in soever) whereinsoever
- (into) hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (in which) whereinwhich
- (of) hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on) hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out) hereout, thereout, whereout
- (somever) wheresomever
- (tofore) heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (to) hereto, thereto, whereto
- (under) hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto) hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon) hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (withal) herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal
- (with) herewith, therewith, wherewith
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