Thereafter

Thereafter
Thereafter There*af"ter, adv. [AS. [eth][=ae]r[ae]fter after that. See {There}, and {After}.] 1. After that; afterward. [1913 Webster]

2. According to that; accordingly. [1913 Webster]

I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Of that sort. [Obs.] ``My audience is not thereafter.'' --Latimer. [1913 Webster]


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