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there⋅af⋅ter

[thair-af-ter, -ahf-]
–adverb
1. after that in time or sequence; afterward: Thereafter they did not speak.
2. Obsolete. accordingly.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME ther after, OE thǣr æfter. See there, after


1. later, subsequently, thenceforth.
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there·af·ter   (thâr-āf'tər)   
adv.  From a specified time onward; from then on.
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Word Origin & History

thereafter 
O.E. þær æfter; see there + after. Cf. Du. daarachter, Swed. derefter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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