Definitions for hencehɛns

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hencehɛns(adv.)

as an inference from this fact; for this reason; therefore.
from this time; from now:
a month hence.
from this source or origin.
(interj.)Obs. depart (usu. used imperatively).

Origin of hence:

1225–75; ME hens, hennes=henne (OE heonan) +-es -s1

Princeton's WordNet

therefore, hence, thence, thus, so(adverb)
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
"therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
hence(adverb)
from this place
"get thee hence!"
hence(adverb)
from this time
"a year hence it will be forgotten"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

hence(adverb)ɛns
indicates the reason for sth
This water breeds mosquitoes, hence the high occurrence of malaria.

Wiktionary

hence(Adverb)
from here, from this place, away
hence(Adverb)
in the future from now
A year hence it will be forgotten.
hence(Adverb)
as a result; therefore, for this reason
hence(Adverb)
from this time, from now
The plane will leave two months hence.

Origin: A later spelling, retaining the breathy -s, of hennes, (henne + adverbial genitive ending -s), from heonan, from a West Germanic root *khin- (compare Old Saxon hinan, Old High German hinnan, German hinnen, Dutch heen, Swedish hän); related to Old English her.