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Thenceforth definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THENCEFORTH, adv. thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time.
If the salt hath lost its savor, it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matthew 5.
This is also preceded by from, though not from any necessity.
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. John 19.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: from that time on; "thereafter he never called again" [syn: thereafter, thenceforth]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 14th century from that time forward

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. (also from thenceforth) archaic or literary from that time onward.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thenceforth Thence`forth", adv. From that time; thereafter. If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. --Matt. v. 13. Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. --Chaucer. --John. xix. 12.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Thenceforth means starting from a particular time in the past that you have mentioned. (FORMAL) My life was totally different thenceforth. = thereafter ADV: ADV with cl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Thence, thenceforward, from that time.