thenceforth, adv.
(ˈðɛnsfɔəθ, ðɛnsˈfɔəθ)
[Orig. two words: thence and forth adv.]
1. From that time onward. Also with from († fro).
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. iv. Pr. iii. 86 (Camb. MS.) For no wiht as by Ryht fro thennes forth þat hym lakketh goodnesse ne shal ben clepyd good. 1526 Tindale John xix. 12 From thence forthe sought Pilate meanes to loose hym. 1536 Wriothesley Chron. (Camden) I. 55 To be observed and kept from thencefourth through all this realme. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 40 Thensforth I tooke Duessa for my Dame. 1812 Southey Omniana II. 231 He makes a law, that from thenceforth there shall be only two lawyers in England. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. I. i. 396 Thenceforth her back upon the world she turned. |
2. From that place or point onward. rare.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. v. xi. 540 Rede there and frothens forth into the eende of the argument. 1887 Morris Odyss. xii. 429 Night-long thenceforth was I carried. |