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henceforth

adverbattested in dialogue

  • //hɛnsˈfɔɹθ//

From now on; from this time on.

adverb

  1. 1

    From now on; from this time on.

    I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!

    My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named

    Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth...Vader.

  2. 2

    Further within this document.

Etymology

From Middle English hennes forth, hens-forþ, hennes-forþ, from modification of Old English heonan forþ with an adverbial genitive suffix. By surface analysis, hence (“from here”) + forth (“forward”).

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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