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hereupon, adv.|hɪərəˈpɒn|
[f. here adv. 16 + upon prep.]
1. Upon this thing, point, subject, or matter.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 49 Her uppon heo þencheð muchele mare þen uppon godalmihtin. 1591Spenser M. Hubberd 123 It behoues..to resolue first herevpon. a1626Bacon New Atl. (1631) 2 Consulting hereupon amongst our Selves. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxvi. 226 Hereupon a question may be asked.
2. Immediately following upon this (in time or consequence).
c1340Cursor M. 4945 (Fairf.) Her a-pon þai stale my þinge. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1643 Hypsip., And her⁓upon, at night they mette y-fere. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 73 Hereupon the kinges messengers were put in prison. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. x. §1 What other effect could hereupon ensue. 1706tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. iii. xviii. 261 Hereupon there was a great murmur. 1863F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia 34, I hereupon had to explain to them [etc.]. |