Henceforward
['hens'fɔːwəd]
Definition
(adv.) From this time forward; henceforth.
Typist: Rudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Henceforth.
Edited by Gail
Examples
- Henceforward, I knew what fate St. John feared for me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Prudence recommended henceforward a swift clearance of my person from the place, the moment that guilty old book was brought out. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I went to be henceforward lost. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You see, retorted Shirley, with ire, he is a topic on which you and I shall quarrel if we discuss it often; so drop it henceforward and for ever. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He has exhausted his resources and is bound henceforward to the tree he has planted. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Fasten it into your girdle, Janet, and keep it henceforward: I have no use for it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Henceforward, she knew, she had her power over him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Moore may settle his own matters henceforward for me; I'll neither meddle nor make with them further. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Henceforward I know nothing of the matter. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Noah's memorable voyage will always possess a living interest for me, henceforward. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Henceforward I stand between Miss Keeldar and all annoyance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Henceforward she must feel humiliated and disgraced in his sight. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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