<p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore: The eggs were very fresh and hence satisfactory.</li><li>from this time; from now: They will leave a month hence.</li><li>from this source or origin.</li><li>Archaic. from this place; from here; away: The inn is but a quarter mile hence.</li><li>from this world or from the living: After a long, hard life they were taken hence.</li><li>henceforth; from this time on.</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>Obsolete. depart (usually used imperatively).</li></ul>