THUS

• (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation

  synonyms : frankincense , gum olibanum , olibanum

• (adverb) (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"

  synonyms : hence , so , thence , therefore

• (adverb) in the way indicated

  "hold the brush so", "set up the pieces thus"

  synonyms : so , thusly

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