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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

From that time; thereafter.

If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is

thenceforth

good for nothing.

Matt. v. 13.

This word is sometimes preceded by from, – a redundancy sanctioned by custom.

Chaucer.

John. xix. 12.

adv.

thens'forth. [thence and forth.] From that time.

If the salt hath lost its savor, it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt 5.

This is also preceded by from, though not from any necessity.

And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. John 19.