Word of the Day:
henceforth
What It Means
From now on; from this time on.
Further within this document.
I will try to do a better job, henceforth, now that I know the proper technique!
Henceforth in Context
“My thanes and kinsmen,/Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland /In such an honour named”
Did You Know?
From Middle English hennes forth, hens-forþ, hennes-forþ, from modification of Old English heonan forþ with an adverbial genitive suffix. By surface analysis, hence (“from here”) + forth (“forward”).
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