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thereupon - 4 dictionary results

there⋅up⋅on

  [thair-uh-pon, -pawn, thair-uh-pon, -pawn]
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–adverb
1. immediately following that.
2. in consequence of that.
3. upon that or it.
4. with reference to that.
Origin:
1125–75; ME ther uppon. See there, upon
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there·up·on   (thâr'ə-pŏn', -pôn')   
adv.  
  1. Concerning that matter; upon that.
  2. Directly following that; forthwith.
  3. In consequence of that; therefore.
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Thereupon

There`up*on"\, adv. 1. Upon that or this; thereon. "They shall feed thereupon." --Zeph. ii. 7.

2. On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.

[He] hopes to find you forward, . . . And thereupon he sends you this good news. --Shak.

3. Immediately; at once; without delay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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thereupon 
c.1175, þer uppon; see there + upon.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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