conj. Obs. [Originally a conjunctive phrase: see THERE 9, 10 and AS 27.]

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  1.  In that place (or case) in which; where; THERE 9.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 12. Þer ase þeos þincges beoð þer is riht religiun.

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13[?].  Cast. Love (Halliw.), 444. Pes ne bydyth in na londe, Ther as werre is nyȝh-honde.

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1493.  Festivall (W. de W., 1515), 6. To go to an hous ther as is a corps.

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1550.  Coverdale, Bk. Death, II. i. 178. The comfortable promes of Chryst, there as he sayth: I am the resurreccion and ye lyfe.

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  2.  Whereas; = THERE 10.

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c. 1385.  Chaucer, L. G. W., 1282 (Dido). Sche hath … hire reame ȝeuyn In to his hand, there as she myghte haue been Of othere landys than of cartage quien.

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c. 1460.  Fortescue, Abs. & Lim. Mon., xix. (1885), 155. Per as oþer kynges haue ffounded byshopriches … þe kyng shall þan haue ffounded an holl reaume.

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1470–85.  Malory, Arthur, XX. xi. 815. There as ye say I haue slayn your good knyghtes, I wote wel that I haue done soo, and that me sore repenteth.

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