Definitions for: Thus

[n] an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation
[adv] (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true"; "the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted"
[adv] in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant)

Webster (1913) Definition: Thus, n. [L. thus, better tus, frankincense. See
Thurible.]
The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the
Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

Thus ([th]us), adv. [OE. thus, AS. [eth]us; akin to
OFries. & OS. thus, D. dus, and E. that; cf. OHG. sus. See
That.]
1. In this or that manner; on this wise.

Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded
him, so did he. --Gen. vi. 22.

Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.
--Milton.

2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus
peaceble; thus bold. --Shak.

Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds. --Milton.

Synonyms: frankincense, gum olibanum, hence, olibanum, so, thence, therefore, thusly

See Also: gum

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