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thereupon

adverb

«thereupon» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

Immediately after that; at once. tree →

Then and now

Old-fashioned; today we say "then" or "at once." The sentences also use old word order, as in "away fled the Beast."

Examples

the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the ark-cover that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent; (Torah EXO.31.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Thereupon he tore her to pieces.[291] (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →
Thereupon away fled the Beast as before. (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) tree →

Note

Today: then, at once.

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