thereat 
thereat (THar-af), wit. [< ME. tlierat, there- 
ate; < there + at.] 1. At that place. 
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to 
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. 
Hat. vii. 13. 
2. At that time ; upon that. 
Thereat once more he moved about. 
Tennyson, Passing of Arthur. 
3. At that thing or doing; on that account. 
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature ; for which 
cause it blusheth thereat. Hooker. 
Bending his sword 
To his great master ; who, thereat enraged. 
Flew on him. Shale., Lear, iv. 2. 75. 
thereaway (THar'a-wa*), ad. [< there + away.'] 
1. From that place or direction; thence. 
D'ye think we dinna ken the road to England as weel as 
our fathers before us? All evil conies out o' thereaway. 
Scott, Black Dwarf, viii. 
2. In those parts; there; thereabout. [Col- 
loq.] 
There be few wars thereaivay wherein is not a great 
number of them [Zapolets] in both parties. 
Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 10. 
therebefore (THar'be-for'), adv. [< ME. therU- 
foore, therbifore, therbeforne; < there + before.] 
Before that time ; previously. 
To hym gaf I al the lond and fee, 
That ever was me geven therbtfoore. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 631. 
thereby (THar-bi'), adv. [< ME. therby, therbi 
(= OFries. therbi = D. daarbij = MLG. darin = 
G. dabei) ; < there + byl.] 1. By that ; by that 
means; in consequence of that. 
By one death a thousand deaths we slay ; 
There-by we rise from body-Toomb of Clay ; 
There-by our Soules feast with celestiall food ; 
There-b'y we com to th' heav'uly Brother-hood. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Decay. 
2. Annexed to that ; in that connection. 
Quick. Have not your worship a wart above your eye? 
Fent. Yes, marry, have I ; what of that? 
Quick. Well, thereby hangs a tale. 
Shak., M. W. of W., i. 4. 159. 
3. By or near that place ; near that number, 
quantity, or degree. 
Therby ys an other howse that sumtyme was a fayer 
Churche of Seynt Anne. 
Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 31. 
I ... found a chapel, and thereby 
A holy hermit in a hermitage. 
Tennyson, Holy Orail. 
therefor (THar-for'), adv. [< ME. therefor; a 
form of therefore, now used only as if a modern 
formation, < there + for, for that: see there- 
fore.] For this or for that ; for it : as, the build- 
ing and so much land as shall be necessary 
therefor. 
therefore (in defs. 1, 2, 3, THar-for'; in def. 4, 
THar'for, sometimes THer'for), ado. [< ME. 
therfore, therfor, tharfore, thorfore, tliorvore (= 
OFries. therfore (= D. daarvoor = MLG. dar- 
vore = G. da fur = Sw. derfor = Dan. derfor); < 
there + fore. Cf. therefor.] If. For that; for 
this ; for it ; therefor. 
Also, that alle the costages that be mad aboute hym be 
mad good of the box, gif he were nat of power to paie 
therfore hymself. English Oitds (E. E. T. S.), p. 7. 
We fetched her round at last. Thank the Lord there- 
fore. Tennyson, Queen Mary, iv. 3. 
2f. In return or recompense for this or for that. 
We have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall 
we have therefore' Mat. xix. 27. 
An if I could [tell], what should I get therefore' 
Shak., M. N. D., iii. 2. 78. 
3f. For that purpose or cause. 
The! anoynten here Hondes and here Feet with a juyce 
made of Snayles and of othere thinges, made therfore. 
MandevUle, Travels, p. 169. 
The! wende verily that fendes were fallen a-mong the 
hoste. But thel were so bolde and so chiualrouse that 
ther-fore thei wolde not be discounted. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 625. 
4. For this or for that reason ; on that account : 
referring to something previously stated ; con- 
sequently; by consequence. 
In Normandy there's little or no Wine at all grows, 
therefore the common Drink of that Country is Cyder. 
Howell, Letters, ii. 64. 
I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 
Luke xiv. 20. 
The largeness of this short text [Render therefore to all 
men their dues] consists in that word therefore ; therefore 
because you have been so particularly taught your par- 
ticular duties, therefore perform them, therefore practise 
them. Donne, Sermons, ix. 
He blushes ; therefore he is guilty. Spectator. 
Line for line and point for point, your dominion is as 
great as theirs, though without flne names. Build, there- 
fore, your own world. Emerson, Nature, p. 92. 
= Syn. 4. Therefore, Wherefore, Accordingly, Consequently, 
Then, So. All these words draw a conclusion or infer 
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a consequence from what immediately precedes; they 
are all affected by their derivation or original mean- 
ing. Therefore, for this or that reason, on that account ; 
wherefore, for which reason, on which account. There- 
fore is the most formal of the words, and is consequently 
most used in mathematics, logic, and elaborate argument. 
The use of wherefore for therefore is not to be commended, 
as it is considered a Latinism to use a relative pronoun or 
its derivative for a demonstrative or its derivative in car- 
rying on a thought ; the development of this principle is 
modern, and gives to the demonstrative use of wherefore 
a tone of quaintness. Accordingly and consequently are 
more common in essay and narrative writing ; then and 
so in conversation, where brevity is most studied. The 
last four are more used to indicate practical sequences. 
therefrot (THar-fro'), adv. [< ME. therefro; < 
there + fro.] From that. 
And hudden [hid] here egges whan thei there-fro wente, 
For fere of other foules. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 345. 
therefrom (THar-from'), adv. [< ME. therfram, 
tliarfrom ; < there + from.] From that. 
Analytical reasoning is a base and mechanical process, 
which takes to pieces and examines, bit by bit, the rude 
material of knowledge, and extracts therefrom a few hard 
and obstinate things called facts. 
T. L. Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, vi. 
theregaint, adv. [ME. thergeyn, thorgen, ther- 
ien ;< there + gtiinS. Of. thereagain.] There- 
against. 
If men wolde thergeyn appose 
The nakid text and lete the glose. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 6555. 
theregatest, adv. [ME. ther-gatis; < there + 
gate' 2 ' + adv. gen. -es.] In that way. 
A seede that vs sail saue, 
That nowe in blisse are bente. 
Of clerkis who-so will crane, 
Thus may ther-gatis be mente. 
York Plays, p. 95. 
therehencet (mar -hens'), adv. [< there + 
hence.] From that place, or from that circum- 
stance ; thence ; also, on that account. 
Hauing gone through France, hee went therehence into 
Egypt. Hakluyt's Voyage*, II. 4. 
Therehence, they say, he was named the son of Amlttai. 
Bp. John King, On Jonah, p. 9. 
therein (THar-in') ; adv. [< ME. therinne, ther- 
ynne, thssrinne, thrinne, thrin, < AS. tharinne (= 
OS. tharinna = OFries. therin = D. daarin = 
MLG. darinne = MHG. darin, drln,_G. darin = 
Sw. dentine = Dan. derinde), < tliser, there, + 
inne, in: see there 1 and in 1 .] 1. In that place, 
time, or thing. 
And [ I ] sawe a toure, as ich trowede, truth was ther-ynne. 
Fieri Plmvman (C), i. 15. 
To thee all Angels cry aloud ; the Heavens, and all the 
Powers therein. Book of Common Prayer, Te Deum. 
2. In that particular point or respect. 
Therein thou wrong'st thy children mightily. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 2. 74. 
thereinafter (THai-in'af'ter), adv. [< therein 
+ after.] Afterward in the same document; 
later on in the same instrument. 
thereinbefore (THar-in'be-f or'), adv. [< there- 
in + before.] Earlier in 'the same document; 
at a previous point in the same instrument. 
thereinto (THar-in'to), adv. [< there + into.] 
Into that, or into that place. 
Let them which are in Judsea flee to the mountains ; 
. . . and let not them that are in the countries enter 
thereinto. Luke xxl. 21. 
theremidt, adv. [ME. thermid, tharmid, thor- 
mid; < there + mid 2 .] Therewith. 
He bad Bette go kutte a bowh other tweye, 
And bete Beton ther-myd bote hue wolde worche. 
Piers Plowman (C), vi. 136. 
thereness (THar'nes), n. [< there + -ness.] The 
quality of having location, situation, or exis- 
tence with respect to some specified point or 
place. 
Could that possibly be the feeling of any special where- 
ness or thereness > W. James, Mind, XII. 18. 
thereof (THar-ov'), adv. [< ME. therof, there- 
offe, tharof(= OFries. therof '= Sw. Dan. deraf) ; 
< there + of.] 1. Of that ; of it. 
In that partie is a Welle, that in the day it is so cold 
that no man may drynke there ofe. 
Mandeville, Travels, p. 156. 
In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. 
Gen. Ii. 17. 
2f. From that circumstance or cause. 
It seems his sleeps were hinder'd by thy railing, 
And thereof comes it that his head is light. 
Shak., C. of E., v. 1. 72. 
thereologist (ther-e-ol'o-jist), n. [< thereolog-y 
+ -ist.] One who is versed in thereology. 
thereology (ther-e-ol'o-ji), . [Irreg. < Gr. 
flepeiv for depairevav, serve, attend (the sick), + 
-~/j>-)ia, < teyetv, speak: see -ology.] The art of 
healing ; therapeutics. 
thereon (<SHar-on'), adv. [< ME. theron, tharon, 
theroite (= OFries. theroii, deron = I), dtiuratin 
thereupon 
= MLG. daran = OHG. darana, WRG.dar ane, 
G. daran); < there + on 1 .] On that. 
Lyme and gravel comyxt thereon thou glide. 
Palladim, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.\ p. 15. 
These arm'd him in blue amis, and gave a shield 
Blue also, and thereon the morning star. 
Tennyson, (jareth and Lynette. 
thereout (THar-ouf), adv. [< ME. theremite, 
thermite, therute; < -there + out.] 1. Out of 
that. 
Therefore fall the people unto them, and thereout suck 
they no small advantage. 
Book of Common Prayer, Psalter, Ps. Ixxiii. 10. 
2. On the outside; out of doors; without, 
[Obsolete or Scotch.] 
And alle the walles beth of Wit to hold Wil thereoute. 
Piers Plomnan (A), vi. 77. 
Voydeth your man, and let him be theroute. 
Chaucer, Canon's Yeoman's Tale, 1. 125. 
3f. In consequence of that ; as an outcome of 
that; therefore. 
And thereout have condemned them to lose their lives. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
thereovert, adv. [< ME. therover, tharover (= 
D. daarorer = MLG. darover = G. dariiber = 
Sw. derofver = Dan. derorer) ; < there + over.] 
Over that. 
And over the same watir seynt Eline made a brygge of 
stone whiche ys yett ther over. 
Torkington, Diarie of F.ng. Travell, p. 27. 
there-right (THar-rit'), adv. [< ME. there + 
right, adr.] 1. Straight forward. Halliwell. 
[Prov. Eng.] 2. On the very spot ; right there. 
SalliiceU. [Prov. Eng.] 
therese (te-res'), n. [So called from Maria 
Theresa (?).] A kerchief or veil of semi-trans- 
parent material, worn by women at the close 
of the eighteenth century. 
therethencet (THar-thens'), adv. [< ME. ther- 
thens; < there + thence.] Thence; from that. 
He ther-thens wende towarde Norbelande. 
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. g.), 1. 8350. 
therethorought (Tiiar-thur'd), adv. [< ME. 
therthorw, thsertlnirli, tharthurh ; < there + thor- 
ough.] Same as therethrough. 
Sorwe to fele, 
To wite ther-thorw what wele was. 
Piers Plowman (C), xxl. 231. 
therethrough ('fHar-thr8'), adv. [A later 
form of therethoroitgh, Cf. through 1 , thorough.] 
Through that; by that means. 
Ye maun be minded not to act altogether on your ain 
judgment, for therethrough comes sair mistakes. 
Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xliii. 
Blowing air therethrough until the carbon is ignited. 
The Engineer, LXXI. 42. 
theretillt (THar-til'), adv. [< ME. ther til, ther- 
tille, thortil (= Sw. dertill = Dan. dertil); < 
there + tilP.] Thereto. 
It was hard for to come thertille. 
Rom, of the Rose, 1. 3482. 
thereto (THar-to'), adv. [< ME. therto, tharto 
(= OS. tharto = OFries. therto, derto = D. daar- 
toe = OHG. darasiio, tharazuo, MHG. darzuo, 
G. dazu); < there + to 1 .] 1. To that. 
As the euangelistwytuesseth whan we maken festes, 
We sholde nat clypie [invite] kynghtes ther-to ne no kyne 
ryche. Piers Plowman (C), xiii. 102. 
2. Also ; over and above ; to boot. 
A water ... so depe and brode and ther-to blakke. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 350. 
I would have paid her kiss for kiss, 
With usury thereto. Tennyson, Talking Oak. 
theretofore (THar'to-for'), adv. [< thereto + 
fore.] Before that time: the counterpart of 
heretofore. [Bare.] 
They sought to give to the office the power theretofore 
held by a class. N. A. Rev., CXLIII. 238. 
thereunder (THar-un'der), adv. [< ME. thtr- 
under, thorunder (= OS. tharundar = OFries. 
therunder = D. daaronder = MHG. drundei: 
G. darunter= Sw. Dan. derimder) ; < there + tin- 
der.] Under that. 
Those which come nearer unto reason find Paradise 
under the equinoctial line ; . . . judging that thereunder 
might be found most pleasure and the greatest fertility. 
Raleigh, Hist. World, I. iii. 7. 
thereunto (snar-un'tB), adv. [< there + unto.] 
Thereto. 
Either St. Paul did only by art and natural industry 
cause his own speech to be credited ; or else God by mir- 
acle did authorize it, and so bring credit thereunto. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iii. 8. 
thereupt, d". [ME. theriippe, thi-r/i/i/x', t 
< there + u/i.] Same as tlt<-n-u)>im. 
thereupon (?'Har"u-pou'),Of?t). [<ME. therupon, 
theruppon ; < there + upon.] 1. Upon that. 
