thereuponadv.
/ˌðɛːrəˈpɒn/, /ˈðɛːrəpɒn/, /ðɛːrəˈpɒn/, U.S. /ˈˌðɛrəˈˌpɑn/ 1. † b. Alongside of that. Obsolete.† c. = thereabouts adv. 2b. Scottish. Obsolete.
a. Upon that or it (of position or motion, literal or figurative). archaic or formal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [adverb] > upon that
thereoverc897
thereon971
thereupc1000
thereuponc1175
there-ovenonc1275
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 53 Þes riche men..liggeð þer uppon alse þe tadde deð in þere eorðe.
a1225 St. Marher. 21 Cume þe sunfule mon ant legge his muð þer up on.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18565 Þar-apon þai did þair sele.
c1400 Brut 103 Þat euery man miȝt..þereoppon loke.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 8447 Yche lede, þat leuys þerapon.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. h ij b Ye sonday..callit ye day of our Lord, because of his resurrection yairvpon.
1716 London Gaz. No. 5480/1 The Goods and Merchandizes laden thereupon.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 679 If any man thinks he has..formed his own speculative plan thereupon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > adjacently > to that
thereuponc1275
off1852
c1275 Laȝamon Brut 12423 Hii bi-gonne..anne swiþe deope dich, and þar vp on oueral one stonene wal.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea To Rdr. Divers Potent Princes..who have..large territories lying thereupon [on the sea].
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]
somec888
aboutOE
thereabouts1413
thereabout1534
thereby1563
nearabout1567
thereupona1676
thereaway1815
nearabouts1834
somewheres1859
let us say1863
a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 72 Standing in the Close, with 60 Gentlemen or thereupon about him.
2.
a. Upon that (in time or order); on that being done or said; (directly) after that.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > after, afterwards, or later > immediately afterwards
thereright971
rightc1175
anonc1225
at (the) nextc1275
hereuponc1385
nexta1387
thereona1400
thereupona1400
synea1425
sincec1450
nextly1572
whereon1600
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4945 Mete and drinck i gaf þaim bath,..And þar-apon [Vesp. þar-on] stale þus mi thing.
a1450 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (London Univ.) l. 8084 [c1325 Calig. [Robert] borewede] of him þer vpon [Calig. continues an hondred þousend marc].
1500 R. Fox Let. 29 July (1929) 19 [He] wilbe with you at Michaelmas or soone therevpon.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii Ther vpon I begon after my pore maner to write in latine.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 159 If thereupon he accept Duell.
1891 Law Times 92 104/2 For the purposes of the argument and the decision following thereupon.
b. On that ground; in consequence of that. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [adverb]
soothlyc825
welleOE
then971
alsoOE
thusc1175
followinglya1382
suinglya1382
hereuponc1385
effectuallya1398
thereforea1400
therewithc1450
pursuantly1530
consequently?1531
thereupon1534
hence?1535
accordingly1555
presently1580
by consequence1581
hereat1586
eventually1614
porismatically1646
consequentially1656
resultatively1657
pursuant1659
consecutivelya1691
in consequence1775
resultingly1840
propter hoc1844
resultantly1864
1534 T. Starkey Let. to Cromwell in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. x So therapon wyth your beneuolent mynd you may set forward somewhat better my purpos.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 391 I was tane for him, and he for me, And thereupon these errors are arose. View more context for this quotation
1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xviii. 281 In some particular countries, by local custom, where other trees [than oak, ash, and elm] are generally used for building, they are thereupon considered as timber.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. Pref. 5 It had been fitted up for somebody's reception, and been thereupon fresh painted.
3. On that subject or matter; with reference to that (it, them); thereanent. archaic or formal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
1414 Rolls of Parl. IV. 22/2 That ther never be no Lawe made ther uppon.
1439 in Archaeologia (1827) 21 35 After þe..Kynges lettres patentz ther upon made.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 34 The erle Bothwell..tuke thame to Abirlady, and disponit thairvpone at his pleasour.
1695 Enq. Anc. Const. Eng. 39 Upon a legal process issued out there~upon.
1781 H. Gates in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. III. 420 I should have been happy to know your sentiments thereupon.
1905 Sat. Rev. 23 Dec. 814/2 As the..reports..interest..teachers I venture to address you thereupon.
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