henceforth

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This henceforth is the post for anyone with knowledge of London, Paris, Dublin, and the greater European / British land mass, to share and inform me of the absolutely must go to places, restaurants, markets, pubs, bistros, schlocky tourist spots, and ridiculously overpriced celebrity filled cocktail bars.

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  1. adverb From this time forth; from now on.

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  • And we want you to watch henceforth, and keep us informed in a way I shall explain to you Well, explain it!" —  The Brand of Silence A Detective Story
  • Herein, henceforth, the soul of man differs from the soul of the lower creature. —  The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State
  • I thought this a strange concomitant of his bridal arrangements; but apparently, henceforth, they were bent on convincing each other that the torch of virtue lighted their steps, and they couldn't convince each other too much. —  The Path Of Duty
  • Beauty lies in the heart of all worthy music, so the artist who studies it and lives in its atmosphere gradually builds that beauty into the life and the character: the mere expression henceforth makes it part of him through memory. —  Spirit and Music
  • About the time when he received this rebuke, he wrote to Mrs. Dunlop, "I have set, henceforth, a seal on my lips as to these unlucky politics." —  Robert Burns
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  1. from Middle English hensforth, hennes forth, earlier heonne forth, from Anglo-Saxon heonan forth, also forth heonan: see hen, hence, and forth.
 

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/ˈhɛnsˈfoʊrθ/
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