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thereon

[ th air-on, -awn ]

/ ˌðɛərˈɒn, -ˈɔn /

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adverb

on or upon that or it.

immediately after that; thereupon.

Origin of thereon

before 900; Middle English ther on, Old English thǣron. See there, on

Words nearby thereon

therein, thereinafter, thereinto, theremin, thereof, thereon, theresa, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereupon

Example sentences from the Web for thereon

Grimston bore “Silver a fesse sable and thereon three molets silver pierced gules.”

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 |Various
From hence to the Neth is about two miles and a halfe, thereon come shiplets almost to the towne of Neth from the Sauerne.

Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine |Raphaell Holinshed
But the English wavered, seeing his line advance, and thereon Douglas halted his men, lest Randolph should lose renown.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 |Various
Thereon each manufacturer looks up the list of papers in the threatened state with which he has the contracts described above.

The Great American Fraud |Samuel Hopkins Adams

Consul also pushed a chair toward me, but I sat not thereon, but threw myself upon my knees in a corner.

The Amber Witch |Wilhelm Meinhold

British Dictionary definitions for thereon

thereon

/ (ˌðɛərˈɒn) /

adverb

an archaic word for thereupon