conj.
If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ Originally the same word as than. See Than. ]
And the Canaanite was then in the land. Gen. xii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matt. v. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
One while the master is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
By then.
But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now and then.
Till then,
☞ Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for then existing; as, the then administration. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Anat.)
n. [ Named after the French chemist, L. J.
adv. [ OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. ðanon, ðanan, ðonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannān, danān, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That. ]
When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]
There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. From that time; thereafter. [ 1913 Webster ]
If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. From that time onward; thenceforth. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. From that place. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]