henceforth, adv.
(ˈhɛnsfɔəθ, hɛnsˈfɔəθ)
[f. hence adv. + forth adv.]
From this time forth; from now onwards.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 1050 Ȝe may mete eft dernli hennes⁓forþ eche day. c 1386 Chaucer Sqr.'s T. 650 But hennes forth I wol my proces holde. 1590 Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 17 Or why should ever I henceforth desyre To see faire heavens face? 1664 Butler Hud. ii. iii. 1165 I'll make him hence⁓forth to beware And tempt my fury, if he dare. 1719 Young Busiris iv. i. (1757) 59 Henceforth let no man trust the first false step Of guilt. 1874 Green Short Hist. viii. §2. 478 A power had at last risen up in the Commons with which the Monarchy was henceforth to reckon. |
b. With from († fro). arch.
| c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 35 Make covenaunt wiþ him to leve oure synne from hennsforþ. c 1450 Merlin 22 They haue fro henes-forth loste ther trauayle. 1526 Tindale 2 Tim. iv. 8 From hence forth is layde vppe for me a croune of rightewesnes. 1595 Shakes. John i. i. 159 From hence⁓forth beare his name Whose forme thou bearest. 1676 Hobbes Iliad i. 72 And to destroy us from henceforth for⁓bear. |