theralite 
theralite ahor'a-lit), w. See 
tberapeusis (thet-*-pfl'l), . [NL.,< <!r. <>>- 
pajrti'iir, cure : x-c tin i -n/H-ii/ic. ] Therapeutics. 
Therapeutae (tlicr -;i -pu'tc), . />!. [NL., < <!r. 
Hi fHt-eiTiK, an attendant, ii servant: see tin ni 
/M'Hlic.] According toanrienl tradition. ;i mys- 
tic ami ascetic Jewish sect in Kgypt, of the first 
century. 
therapeutic (tlii-r-a-pn'tik). u. and . [= F. 
tin rii/u iilii/iir = Sp. trm/ii'-iitim = I'g. t/n rii/irii- 
licn = [t. li-riijii iiiii'ii,^ XI,. ilii'rn/ii i/lh'us, curing, 
healing (I'eiii. tin rn pruln'/i, sc. cx), < (ir. 6epa- 
miT/t,iu- (t'em. // tli/at-i I-TIKI/, the art of medicine), 
< llepa-ii'T'/r, ono who waits on another, an atten- 
dant. < tliiMwhir, wait on, attend, serve, cure, 
< tlrpairue, an attendiint, servant.] I. a. Cura- 
tive; pertaining to the healing art; concerned 
in discovering and applying remedies for dis- 
eases. Also therapeutical. 
Theratieutick or curative physfck we term that which 
restored] the pntient unto sanity, anil taketh away diseases 
actually affecting. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 13. 
All his profession would allowe him to be an excellent 
anatumivt, but I never heard any that admired his Hum- 
"' MTI.V. Aubrey, Lives (William Harvey). 
II. n. [//>.] One of the Therapeutse. Pri- 
il> tln.r. 
therapeutics (ther-a-pu'tiks), . [PI. of tli.;-,i- 
lii 'tit if, (see -ic*).] That part of medicine which 
relates to the composition, the application, 
and the modes of operatiou of the remedies 
for diseases. It not only Includes the adminlstmiinn 
of medicines properly so called, hut also hygiene and die- 
tetics. or tin: application of diet and atmospheric and other 
non-medicinal influences to the preservation or recovery 
of health. 
therapeutically (ther-a-pu'ti-kal-i), adv. In a 
therapeutic manner; in respect to curative 
qualities; from the point of view of therapeu- 
tics. 
therapeutist (ther-a-pu'tist), w. [< tHerai-i<- 
t( /r.x) + -int.} One who is versed in the theory 
or practice of therapeutics. Also therapist. 
theraphose (ther'a-fos), . and a. [< P. thfra- 
/iliour (NL. Therai>hosa, neut. pi.), appar. < Gr. 
Hi/pi'upiw, a dim. of (h//>iov, a wild beast.] I. 
H. One of a division of spiders instituted by 
Walckenaer, containing large quadripulmonary 
spiders which lurk in holes, as the mygalids and 
the trap-door spiders; any latebricole spider 
(see Latebrleolm). This division corresponds to the 
genus Mygale in a former broad sense, and to the modern 
Tetrapneumona (which see). 
II. (i. Noting a spider of the group above de- 
fined. 
therapist (ther'a-pist), w. [< therap-;/ + -int.] 
S.-i me as lln rn/>i -iitixt. Medical ffeirn, XLIX. 510. 
therapod (ther'a-pod), a. and . An erroneous 
form of iheropdil. 
Therapon (ther'a-pon), n. [NL. (Cuvier and 
Valenciennes, 1829), < Gr. otp&xuv, an atten- 
dant, servant.] The typical genus of the fam- 
ThcrafoH /Ac,//-. 
ily Thentitonitla, containiug such species as T. 
Theraponidae(ther-a-pon'i-de), n.pL [NL. (Sir 
J. Richardson, 1848), < Therapon + -id*.] A 
family of percoideous acanthopterygian fishes. 
represented by the genus Tkerafon and related 
forms. 
theraponoid (the-rap'o-noid), a. and n. [< 
Tlii-rii/ioii + -old.] I. <t. Resembling a fish of 
the genus Therapon ; of or pertaining to the 
II. >i. Any 7iiember of this family. 
therapy (ther'a-pi), n. [= P. theranie, < Gr. 
(>>t><i-t;H, a waiting on, service, < f)epa-mn, 
serve, iitienil: see tliii;i/H-ntic.] The treatment 
of disease; therapeutics; therapeusis: now used 
chiefly in compounds: as, ncuroM<T;>y. 
therbefornet, <idr. A Middle English form of 
therein inf. 
there (inar), adr. and roiij. [< ME. tin;;, tlnr, 
tlnu; . linn: tliorr. < AS. Iliifr. tin;' OS. tln'ir = 
OFries. ther, der = MD. daer. D. dmir = Ml-C. 
dar. LG. tl,,ir = OHU. <t,ir. MHG. <lf,r, <l. (I. 
da (dar-) = Icel. thar = Sw. der = Dan. di-r = 
6279 
< i< it \\.thnr (for the expected *ther), there, in tlmt 
place ; orig. a locative form (nearly like the dat. 
and instr. fern. sing, theere) of the pronominal 
stem *tha, appearing in the, that, etc., also in 
tlii'ii, etc. Cf. here 1 , ichere ; Skt. tarhi, then, 
knrhi, when. In comjp. there is the adverb 
in its literal use, or, in tlnnin. llnTefor, etc., 
in a quasi-pronominal use, therein being ' in 
that (sc. place),' thereby being 'by that (sc. 
means),' etc. There is therefore explained by 
some as really the dat. fern. sing, of the AS. def. 
art., but such use of a fern, form (instead of 
the expected neuter), in such a way, is unex- 
ampled ; and the explanation cannot apply to 
the similar elements here- and where- as used 
in composition.] I. adr. 1. In or at a definite 
place other than that occupied by the speaker ; 
in that place ; at that point : used in reference 
to a place or point otherwise or already indi- 
cated or known: as, you will find him there 
(pointing to the particular place) ; if he is in 
Paris, I shall see him there. It is often opposed to 
here, there generally denoting the place more distant ; but 
in some cases the words when used together are employed 
merely In contradistinction, without reference to near 
ness or distance. 
Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool. 
Jas. ii. 3. 
You have a house 1' the country ; keep you there, sir. 
Fletcher, Loyal Subject, i. 8. 
All life Is but a wandering to find home; 
When we are gone, we're there. 
Ford andDeUrer, Witch of Edmonton, Iv. 2. 
Of this the it,, r, born Emperour Adrian received his 
name. Sandys, Travailes, p. '. 
Darkness there might well 
Seem twilight here. Milton, P. L., vi. 11. 
2. Into that place ; to that place; thither: af- 
ter verbs of motion or direction : as, how did 
that get there t I will go there to-morrow. 
My heart stands armed in mine ear, 
And will not let a false sound enter there. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 780. 
There was Lord Belfast, that by me past 
And seemed to ask how should I go there f 
Thackeray, Mr. Molony's Account of the Ball. 
3. At that point of progress ; after going so far 
or proceeding to such a point : as, you have said 
or done enough^ you may stop there. 4. In that 
state or condition of things ; in that respect. 
To die, to sleep -. 
To sleep : perchance to dream : ay, there 's the rub. 
Shak., Hamlet, III. 1. c,:.. 
Mary. Of a pure life* 
Kenard. . . . Yea, by Heaven . . . You are happy in 
him there. Tennyton, Queen Mary, I. 5. 
5. Used by way of calling the attention to 
something, as to a person, object, or place : as, 
there is my hand. 
Some wine, within there, and our viands ! 
Shale., A. and C, ill. 11. 73. 
6. Used as an indefinite grammatical subject, 
in place of the real subject, which then follows 
the verb, increased force being thus secured : 
so used especially with the verb to be : as, 
there is no peace for the wicked. 
A Knight thtr tnu, and that a worthy man. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 43. 
And God said, Let there be light ; and there wu light. 
Gen. I. 3. 
There appears a new face of things every day. 
Bacon, Political Fables, ix., Eipl. 
There seems no evading this conclusion. 
U. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 433. 
7. Used like that in interjectional phrases: 
such as, there's a darling! there's a good boy! 
Grandam will 
Give it a plum, a cherry, and a fig : 
There 's a good grandam ! 
Shak., K. John, U. 1. 1S. 
Do your duty, 
There 's a beauty. 
W. S. Gilbert, Fairy Curate. 
8t. Thfnc.-. 
For in my paleys, paradys, in persone of an addre, 
Falsellche thow fettest there thynge that I lotted. 
Fieri I'lmcman{B), rriU. 384. 
All there. See all. Here and there. See here*. 
Here by there*, here and there. Spenter. Neither 
here nor there. See Awei. That . . . there, a collo- 
quial pleonasm intended to emphasize the demonstrative 
use of that before Its noun : as, that man there. In Illiterate 
speech the noun is often transposed after there: as, that 
there boy. To get there, to succeed in doing something ; 
be successful. [Slang. ) 
II. t roiij. (;</. adr.) Where. 
For I herde onys how Conscience it tolde. 
That there a man were crystened by kynde he shulde be 
buryed. Piert Ploirman (B\ xl. 86. 
She is honoured over al Iher she froth. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. -287. 
There come is, sette hem XV foote atwene, 
Anil XXVthn. as I:m.l.- is lene. 
I'alladiui, Hllsbondrie (E. E. T. .\ p. 77. 
thereas 
there (THSr), inter/. [By ellipsis from see there, 
Inn/; there, go there.~\ Used to express: (a) Cer- 
tainty, confirmation, triumph, dismay, etc. : as, 
therel what did I tell youT 
Let them not triumph over me. Let them not say in 
their hearts. There .' there! so would we have It. 
Boot / Commun frayer, Psalter, Pa. xxxv. 26. 
Why, there, there, there, there! a diamond gone, cost me 
two thousand ducats! Shak., M. ofV., iii. 1. 87. 
(6) Encouragement, direction, or setting on. 
Enter divers spirits, in shape of dogs and hounds, and 
hunt them about. . . . 
Prof. Fury, Fury ! there, Tyrant, then! hark! 
Shak., Tempest, Iv. 1. 267. 
(c) Consolation, coaxing, or quieting, as in 
hushing a child: as, there! there! go to sleep, 
thereabout (TuSr'a-tKmt/)* adr. [< ME. there- 
ulinutr. tin rii/iniilt', ihiirahnutr ; < there + about.] 
If. About that; concerning that or it. 
Er that I go 
What wol ye dine? I wol go thereaboute. 
Chaucer, Summoner's Tale, 1. 129. 
And they entered In, and found not the body. . . . And 
It came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, 
behold, two men stood by them In shining garments. 
Luke xxlr. 4. 
2. Near that place; in that neighborhood. 
He frayned. as he ferde, at frekec that he met, 
If thay hade herde any karp of a knygt grene. 
In any grounde thar-abm/te, of the grene chapel. 
Sir Gatmyne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), L 70S. 
3. Near that number, quantity, degree, or time : 
as, a dozen or thereabout; two gallons or there- 
about. In this and the last sense also tin ,- - 
abouts. 
There Is a lake of fresh water three myles In compasse, 
In the midst an Isle containing an acre or thereabout. 
Quoted In Copt. John Smith't Works, L 106. 
thereabouts (THar'a-bouts'), adr. [< thereabout 
+ adv. gen. -.] Same as thereabout, 2 and 3. 
Some weeke or thereabout. 
Ueywood, Fair Maid of the West (Works, ed. 1874, II. 275). 
She could see the Interior of the summer-house. . . . 
Clifford was not thereabout*. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xvl. 
thereafter (?Har-af ter), adv. K ME. therefter, 
tharafter (= OS. tharafter = OFries. therefter, 
derefter = D. daarachter = 8w. Dan. derefter); 
< there + after.'] If. After that ; after them. 
Wol he have pleynte or teres or I wende? 
I have yuogh, If he therefter sende. 
Chaucer, Trollus, iv. 861. 
2. After that; afterward. 
And whan thow hast thus don, departe for god, and for 
thy soule all thy tresuur, for thow malste not longe thrr- 
after lyven. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), L 92. 
And all at once all round him rose in fire, . . . 
And presently thereafter follow'd calm. 
Tennyion, Coming of Arthur. 
3. According to that; after that rule or way; 
after that sort or fashion ; accordingly. 
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom ; a 
good understanding have all they that do thereafter. 
Book of Common Prayer, Psalter, Pa. cxi. 10. 
Well perceavlng which way the King enclin'd, every one 
thereafter shap'd his reply. Milton, Hist. Eng., IT. 
4t. According. 
Shal. How a score of ewes now ? 
Sil. Thereafter as they be ; a score of good ewes may be 
worth ten pounds. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., 111. 2. 56. 
Tell me, If food were now before thee set, 
Wouldst thou not eat? Thereafter as I like 
The giver, answer'd Jesus. Milton, P. R., It. 321. 
thereagaint, adv. [< ME. theragayn, theragen, 
theron $sen ; < there -f- again.'] Thereagainst. 
Wlthouten hym we have no myght certeyn, 
If that hym list to stonden theraoat/n. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 190. 
thereagainst (THar'a-gensf ), adr. [< ME. I her- 
aijaines; < there + against.] Against it; in op- 
position to it. 
God ti/;i. lictli us how fearful a thing It Is to wound our 
conscience and do anything thereagainit 
J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc,, 1853X II. 126. 
Its ends are passed through the side pieces of the frame 
and tightened thereagainit ny nuts. 
C. T. Davit, Bricks and Tiles, p. 229. 
thereamong (THar' a-mung'), adt. [< ME. t her- 
among; < there + among.] Among them. 
Spread the slow smile thro' all her company. 
Three knights were thereamong; and they too smiled. 
Tennyton, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
thereanent (THar'a-nenf), adr. [< there + 
uncut.] Concerning that; regarding or respect- 
inir that matter. [Scotch.] 
thereast (<FHar-az').ooj. [< ME. thereas, theras; 
< there + o*l.] Where. 
And there at I haue doone A-mys, 
Mercy. Ihesn, I wylle Amende. 
Political Poemt. etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 188. 
Whanne he was come thrr at she was, 
Myrabell came. Uenerydet (E. E. T. S.), 1. 790. 
