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THEREAFTER
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From that time on
Example:
thereafter he never called again
Synonyms:
thenceforth; thereafter
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Context examples:
Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
One other little circumstance connected with Miss Dartle I must not omit; for I had reason to remember it thereafter, when all the irremediable past was rendered plain.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Next day Johansen, the new mate, was routed from the cabin by Wolf Larsen, and sent into the steerage to sleep thereafter, while I took possession of the tiny cabin state-room, which, on the first day of the voyage, had already had two occupants.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The resulting tangle was even worse, but Buck took good care to keep the traces clear thereafter; and ere the day was done, so well had he mastered his work, his mates about ceased nagging him.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
His uplifted hand descended, and thereafter rose and fell in a swift and steady rhythm.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Though he often tried to bark thereafter, and the master encouraged him, he succeeded only once, and then it was not in the master's presence.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Thereafter, fore and aft, I was known by no other name, until the term became a part of my thought-processes and I identified it with myself, thought of myself as Hump, as though Hump were I and had always been I.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
