adv. rare. [Properly two words, WHENCE and FORTH adv. 3.] † a. Forth from which. b. From which time onward: cf. henceforth. (With redundant from.)
1590. Spenser, Muiopot., 316. The God of Seas … strikes the rockes with his three-forked mace; Whenceforth issues a warlike steed in sight.
1658. Harrington, Prerog. Pop. Govt., 34. From whenceforth God proposeth unto the People no otherwise then by Moses.
