adv. [OE. þǽr æfter, two words, viz. þǽr, THERE 17 and æfter, AFTER; ME. þer after. Cf. OS. thar after (Du. daarachter); ON. þar epter (Sw., Da., Norw. derefter).]

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  1.  After that in time, order, or sequence; subsequently, afterwards. (Now somewhat formal.)

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., xix. 144. Hie … ne ondrædað ðone dom þe ðær æfter fylʓeð.

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c. 1000.  Sax. Leechd., III. 244. Þonne byð se sunnan dæʓ þær æfter easter dæʓ.

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1154.  O. E. Chron., an. 1132 (Laud MS.). Was it noht suithe lang þer efter þatte king sende efter him.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 1220. He gon slomnen & þer æfter to slepen.

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1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 8277. Ȝut sone þer æfter an oþer com al so.

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1375.  Barbour, Bruce, I. 591. And the King A parlyament Gert set thareftir hastely.

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1445.  in Wars Eng. in France (1861), I. 465. At Witsontide next thereaftere.

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1535.  Coverdale, Luke xv. 13. Not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together.

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1632.  Lithgow, Trav., III. 84. A little thereafter the Generall of the Galleys came to the Monastery.

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1760–72.  H. Brooke, Fool of Qual. (1809), III. 50. This prerogative … was thereafter … discontinued.

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1898.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 513. A year thereafter she must be re-examined.

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  † b.  After that in place or position. Obs.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxi. 9. Ðæt folc þæt þar beforan ferde, and þæt þar æfter ferde.

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c. 1250.  Gen. & Ex., 3644. Ðat briȝte skie bi-foren hem fleȝt, And ðis folc ðor after teȝ.

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  † 2.  Conformably thereto, accordingly; thereafter as, according as; to be thereafter, to be conformable or agreeable thereto. Obs.

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c. 1175.  Lamb. Hom., 133. Euric mon þe lusteð luueliche godes wordes and ledeð his lif rihtliche þer efter.

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c. 1200.  Vices & Virt., 65. Þis is godes ȝiue, ȝir ðu ðus ðe beþencst and ðar after wercst.

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c. 1380.  Wyclif, Sel. Wks., III. 360. Ȝif oþer men wolden be preestis, lyve þei þerafter.

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1470–85.  Malory, Arthur, IV. xii. 134. Ye shalle be a knyghte of myne, and yf your dedes be there after I shall so proferre yow [etc.].

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a. 1533.  Ld. Berners, Huon, xlii. 140. He was .xvii. fote of length, & of bygnes he was therafter.

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1535.  Coverdale, Ps. cx. 10. A good vnderstondinge haue all they that do thereafter.

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1551.  T. Wilson, Logike (1580), Epist. The presente of a true faithfull subiecte, whiche would haue brought better if his power had been thereafter.

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1584.  Cogan, Haven Health (1636), 198. The Physitian, in dyeting, should regard chiefly two things … and thereafter to prescribe lesse or more to be received.

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1597.  Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., III. ii. 56.

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1618.  Bp. Hall, Righteous Mammon, Wks. (1628), 723. Because these are but flowers,… wee regard them thereafter.

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1671.  Milton, P. R., II. 321.

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1727.  Gay, Begg. Op., II. That, Madam, is thereafter as they be.

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  † 3.  With verbs const. with after, as cry, gaze, look, wish, yearn: cf. AFTER B. 5 e. Obs.

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c. 1200.  Trin. Coll. Hom., 5. Alle bileffulle men þe waren þo and ðar biforen wissede swiðe ðar after.

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c. 1300.  Cursor M., 486. For godd aght not gif þam mercy, Þat þar efter wil not cri.

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1393.  Langl., P. Pl., C. VIII. 225. Leue hemn in þy lift hand and loke nouht þer-after.

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  4.  quasi-adj. (with n. of action). Subsequent.

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1830.  Galt, Lawrie T., IV. xii. Supposing no thereafter increase.

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