henceˈforward, adv.
[f. hence adv. + forward.]
From this time forward; henceforth.
| 1388 Wyclif Phil. iii. 1 Hennus forward, my britheren, haue ȝe ioye in the Lord. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 50 Ye aught hennys forward kepe you welle from falling in suche perille. 1592 Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. ii. 22 Hence⁓forward I am euer rul'd by you. 1699 Bentley Phal. 128 Hence-forward he will not make so many awkward Jests upon Lexicons and Dictionaries. 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. 4 Henceforward we must consider them as a kind of privileged persons. 1877 Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. i. 19 They were friends henceforward as long as Guido's life lasted. |
b. with from († fro). arch.
| 1472 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 25 If he do so from hensforward. 1542–5 Brinklow Lament. (1874) 90 Bestow them therfore from hence forwarde vppon the trew image of Christe. 1685 J. Scott Chr. Life ii. vi. (R.), Let us from hence-forward beware of them. 1845 Stoddart in Encycl. Metrop. I. 42/1 From henceforward for 1500 verses..we hear nothing further of this second person. |