Here and there, in one place and another.

Syn. — See Thither.

Thereabout
(There"a*bout` There"a*bouts`) adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]

1. Near that place.

2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.

Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts.
Shak.

Some three months since, or thereabout.
Suckling.

3. Concerning that; about that. [R.]

What will ye dine? I will go thereabout.
Chaucer.

They were much perplexed thereabout.
Luke xxiv. 4.

Thereafter
(There*af"ter) adv. [AS. ð&aemacrræfter after that. See There, and After.]

1. After that; afterward.

2. According to that; accordingly.

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.

3. Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." Latimer.

Thereagain
(There"a*gain`) adv. In opposition; against one's course. [Obs.]

If that him list to stand thereagain.
Chaucer.

There-anent
(There"-a*nent`) adv. Concerning that. [Scot.]

Thereat
(There*at") adv.

1. At that place; there.

Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.
Matt. vii. 13.

2. At that occurrence or event; on that account.

Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat.
Hooker.

Therebefore
(There`be*fore" There`bi*forn") adv. Before that time; beforehand. [Obs.]

Many a winter therebiforn.
Chaucer.

There was formerly used in the sense of where.

Spend their good there it is reasonable.
Chaucer.


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