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  • 1Hence — (h[e^]ns), adv. [OE. hennes, hens (the s is prop. a genitive ending; cf. { wards}), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinn[=a]n, G. hinnen, OHG. hina, G. hin; all from the root of E. he. See… …

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  • 2hence — ► ADVERB 1) as a consequence; for this reason. 2) from now; in the future. 3) (also from hence) archaic from here. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 3Also — Al so, adv. & conj. [All + so. OE. al so, AS. ealsw[=a], alsw?, [ae]lsw[ae]; eal, al, [ae]l, all + sw[=a] so. See {All}, {So}, {As}.] 1. In like manner; likewise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [1913… …

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  • 4Also sprach Zarathustra (Richard Strauss) — Also sprach Zarathustra, op. 30 is a tone poem by Richard Strauss, composed in 1896 and inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche s book Also sprach Zarathustra . Richard Strauss Tone Poem, Death and Transfiguration, Opus 24 (and other works), Old And Sold …

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  • 5also — [OE] Also was a late Old English compound formed from all ‘exactly, even’ and swa ‘so’; it meant ‘in just this way, thus’, and hence (recalling the meaning of German also ‘therefore’) ‘similarly’. These two uses died out in, respectively, the… …

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  • 6hence — adverb 1》 as a consequence; for this reason. 2》 from now; in the future. 3》 (also from hence) archaic from here. Origin ME hennes: from earlier henne (from OE heonan, of Gmc origin, related to he) + s3 …

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  • 7also — [OE] Also was a late Old English compound formed from all ‘exactly, even’ and swa ‘so’; it meant ‘in just this way, thus’, and hence (recalling the meaning of German also ‘therefore’) ‘similarly’. These two uses died out in, respectively, the… …

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  • 8ĝhel-1 (and ghel-?), also as i-, u- or n-stem; ĝhelǝ- : ĝhlē-, ĝhlō- : ĝhlǝ- (*ĝhwel-) —     ĝhel 1 (and ghel ?), also as i , u or n stem; ĝhelǝ : ĝhlē , ĝhlō : ĝhlǝ (*ĝhwel )     English meaning: to shine; green, gold, blue, *sun     Deutsche Übersetzung: “glänzen, schimmern”; as Farbadjektiv: “gelb, grũn, grau or blau”… …

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  • 9dō- : dǝ-, also dō-u- : dǝu- : du- —     dō : dǝ , also dō u : dǝu : du     English meaning: to give     Deutsche Übersetzung: “geben”     Grammatical information: (perfective) Aoristwurzel with secondary present di dō mi.     Material: O.Ind. dá dü ti (Aor. á dü m, Opt. dēyüm,… …

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  • 10young. Hence pop-star, pop-concert, pop-fan (see fan). —  3 n. Soft drink, often fizzy.  4. n. Father.  5. v. Pawn. Also in pop Pawned.  6. Term of address to elderly man …

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