thereupon

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And thereupon, as the wine had loosened all our tongues, and as we all knew one another better, we rested our elbows on the table and began to talk about masters and places where we had worked, and the amusing things we had seen.

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  1. adverb Concerning that matter; upon that.
  2. adverb Directly following that; forthwith.
  3. adverb In consequence of that; therefore.

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  • Your Correspondent had long predicted that the recording artists on the cover of this particular issue would be front and center: he even thought that the band's frontman would go all feral thereupon, and so he does. —  Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip
  • One of the noble gentlemen delivered a Latin oration, and the other followed with a long discourse in Italian; thereupon they retired to an adjoining room, removed their magnificent robes, and sent them to the bride. —  Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day
  • The same idea occurred to Ulrich of Bohemia, who sent young Břetislav into Moravia, where the latter defeated the Magyars rather badly; Moravia thereupon was added to Bohemia, whereas Slovakia remained with Hungary Břetislav failed to realize his ideal of forming a strong national Slavonic State, independent of German rule--he had too strong an Emperor against him, Henry III; but he certainly restored Bohemia and the Přemysl dynasty to a position of some importance in Europe. —  From a Terrace in Prague
  • And thereupon, the novelist, launched into transcendental calculations, soaring with his enthusiasm into the clouds. —  Balzac
  • But straightway thereupon -- horrible thought! —  Thomas Wingfold, Curate V2
 

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  1. from Middle English therupon, theruppon; from there + upon.
 

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/ðɛruˈpɑn/
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