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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
thereupon
adverb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Brian Faulkner thereupon resigned as leader of the Unionist party and this was followed by further resignations.
▪ He thereupon immediately wrote to Kingsway Motors informing them of the situation and claiming the return of his purchase price.
▪ He handed over his delivery order to an official who thereupon gave instructions for loading to commence.
▪ The landlords thereupon ordered their sharecroppers to plant no indigo and, simultaneously, increased the rent.
▪ The wealthy Bombay and Ahmedabad magnates thereupon withdrew their financial support of the ashram.
▪ To their amazement, natives thereupon pronounced themselves healed.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thereupon

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
thereupon

late 12c., þer uppon; see there + upon.

Wiktionary
thereupon

adv. upon that/it, following that/it

WordNet
thereupon

adv. immediately after that; "thereupon the entire class applauded"; "with that, she left the room"; "I therewith withdraw my complaints" [syn: therewith, with that]

Usage examples of "thereupon".

When it does, the internal of thought is closed and thereupon man can no longer act in freedom in accord with his reason, nor be reformed.

Thereupon I offered my arm to the handsome widow, who thought the arrangement according to the rules of etiquette and good breeding, and an approving look of my Lucrezia gave me the most agreeable sensation.

Thereupon the magistrates drew up a report of all that had happened, and of what Barre and Mignon had said.

Thereupon Josephine flung her arms around my neck and informed me that I was not only a dear, noble hero, but that Japan or no Japan, she would not begrudge one copper of any sum I might be obliged to spend in order to defeat that odious wretch, Mr.

The Beguine, thereupon, advanced a few steps toward the queen, and bowed reverently before her.

Captain Scraggs thereupon dismissed the expressman, and all three partners gathered around the dining-room table, upon which the boxes rested.

Thereupon Pinga said: Interrupt my meditation, and I will curse the city, so as to deprive it of both sun and rain.

Thereupon he tinkered with a prefabricated frame until he had turned out a bullish-looking good guy: SA man Walter Matern.

Master Prout, thereupon drawing a chair, placed it immediately in front of the captain, and seated himself, while mine host held the delinquent fast.

He thereupon equipped his ship for a voyage, in Ericsvag, and when he was ready to sail, Styr and the others accompanied him out beyond the islands.

God was the fire of love kindled in the burning soul that, thusly transpierced with the dart of the assailing Seraphim, thereupon felt the wound with unsurpassable delight, was made radiant by it, was allowed by God at times to manifest that divine sore outwardly.

Thereupon both the sharks began to manifest great uneasiness, and eventually with fluster and splashing they worked among the fissures of the coral and shot out into the unimpregnated sea.

Thereupon I answered that he himself had violated one of them, but that he had violated it grandly.

Thereupon Carandas commenced to laugh, though inwardly raging all the time.

Thereupon Tom Chist did as he was bidden, beginning at the very beginning and telling everything just as Molly Abrahamson had often told it to him.