adv. [ OE. ther, AS. ð&aemacr_;r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dār, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. √184. See That, pron. ]
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ge. ii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. “Darkness there might well seem twilight here.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The rarest that e'er came there. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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A knight there was, and that a worthy man. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a path which no fowl knoweth. Job xxviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ There was formerly used in the sense of where. [ 1913 Webster ]
Spend their good there it is reasonable. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Here and there,
Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some three months since, or thereabout. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]
What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. ð&aemacr_;ræfter after that. See There, and After. ]
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 ]
adv. In opposition; against one's course. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Concerning that. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matt. vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Job xxii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ There + for. Cf. Therefore. ] For that, or this; for it. [ 1913 Webster ]
With certain officers ordained therefore. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
conj. & adv. [ OE. therfore. See There, and Fore, adv., For, and cf. Therefor. ]
I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. Luke xiv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? Matt. xix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]