If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. --Matt. v.
13.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. --Chaucer. --John. xix. 12. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
thenceforth — (also from thenceforth) ► ADVERB archaic or literary ▪ from that time, place, or point onward … English terms dictionary
thenceforth — late 14c., from THENCE (Cf. thence) + FORTH (Cf. forth) … Etymology dictionary
thenceforth — [thensfôr′wərdthens′fôrth΄] adv. from that time onward; after that; thereafter: also thenceforward [thensfôr′wərd] … English World dictionary
thenceforth — [[t]ðe̱nsfɔ͟ː(r)θ[/t]] ADV: ADV with cl Thenceforth means starting from a particular time in the past that you have mentioned. [FORMAL] My life was totally different thenceforth. Syn: thereafter … English dictionary
thenceforth — adverb /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ,ˌðɛnsˈfɔːrθ/ From that time on. ...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break… … Wiktionary
thenceforth — (also from thenceforth) adverb archaic or literary from that time, place, or point onward … English new terms dictionary
thenceforth — also thence.forward adverb formal starting from that time: Thenceforth he made his life in England … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
thenceforth — adv. (also from thenceforth) archaic or literary from that time onward … Useful english dictionary
thenceforth — adverb Date: 14th century from that time forward … New Collegiate Dictionary
thenceforth — /dhens fawrth , fohrth , dhens fawrth , fohrth /, adv. from that time or place onward. Also, thenceforward /dhens fawr weuhrd/, thenceforwards. [1325 75; ME thennes forth (cf. OE thanonforth). See THENCE, FORTH] * * * … Universalium
