thence

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Afterward he was for some time at Eton, where he had the ill-luck to receive some fifty-four stripes for his shortcomings in Latin; thence he goes to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he lives "in clover."

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  1. adverb From that place; from there: flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow.
  2. adverb From that circumstance or source; therefrom.
  3. adverb Archaic From that time; thenceforth. See Usage Note at whence.

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  1. Middle English thennes : thenne, from there (from Old English thanon; see to- in Indo-European roots) + -es, genitive sing. suff.; see -s3.

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  1. from Middle English thens, thense, thennes, thennus, thannes; with adverb genitive -es (see -ce), from thenne, thence: see thenne. Cf. hence, whence.
 

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