thereupon

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Upon that; thereon.

   Once John, being overtaken in drink on the roadside by the cottage, and dreaming that he was burning in hell, awoke and saw the old wife hobbling toward him. Thereupon he fled soberly to the hills, and from that day became a quiet-living, humble-minded Christian.

2. 2
   adv

   In consequence, or by reason, of that; therefore.

3. 3
   adv

   Following that; forthwith; in sequence, but not necessarily in consequence.

From Middle English therupon, theruppon. Equivalent to there + upon. Compare German darauf.

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