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thenceforward

thenceforward

8.6
From that time on
  • adverb
  • /ˈθɛnsˌfɔrwərd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : desde ese momento
  • Protestant school leaders thenceforward focused their efforts on supplying a "moral" education in lieu of a specifically religious one.

Examples

  • Justice Stone's famous footnote four observed that the Court's repudiation of constitutionalized economic rights did not mean the end of meaningful judicial review; rather, Stone declared, the Court would thenceforward be particularly careful to ensure compliance with the "specific prohibitions of the Constitution, such as those of the first ten amendments."

    Academic text (2000)
  • "I, AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY "OF THE UNITED STATES, DO ORDER AND DECLARE "THAT ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY, 1863, "ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES WITHIN ANY STATE "OR IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES "SHALL NOT BE RECOGNIZED AND SUBMITTED TO, SHALL THEN, THENCEFORWARD AND FOREVER, BE FREE."

  • On the eye of his mind, I realized thenceforward, I had hardly impinged (53).

    Academic text (2017)
  • After the new policy was introduced, employees thenceforward received additional training to enhance their skills.

  • The agreement was signed on July 1, and thenceforward, both parties were obligated to fulfill their commitments.

  • Once the project was approved, the team thenceforward worked diligently to meet the deadline.

Synonyms

thereafter
vsthenceforward
  • Formal
88 4.1

From that time on

focuses on starting exactly then and continuing after that
thenceforth
vsthenceforward
  • Archaic
1 9.3

From that time on

is used for continuing from that exact point onward

Antonyms

1.0

At an earlier time

Surface Forms

thenceforward positive

Morphology

thenceforward = thence (transparent) = forward + thence

Meaning is a direct composition of 'thence' (from that time/place) + 'forward' (onward), yielding 'from that time onward'. [Postprocessing: moved 'forward' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Thenceforward starts with thence which means 'from there' or 'from that time', and ends with forward which means 'ahead' or 'onward'. So, thenceforward simply means 'from that time or point onward', moving ahead from a particular moment.