THEREAFTER

thereafter, thenceforth

(adverb) from that time on; “thereafter he never called again”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

thereafter (not comparable)

After that, from then on.

Coordinate terms

• afterward

Source: Wiktionary


There*af"ter, adv. Etym: [AS. th\'d6ræfter after that. See There, and After.]

1. After that; afterward.

2. According to that; accordingly. I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. Milton.

3. Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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