Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Of or concerning this, that, or it.
- adverb From that cause or origin; therefrom.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of that; of it.
- From that circumstance or cause.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Of that or this.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb of
this ,that orit - adverb from that
circumstance ororigin ;therefrom ,thence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb of or concerning this or that
- adverb from that circumstance or source
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Examples
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a house, the latter accidental, (1391) the former, if altered, make another building; the latter, though altered, the building is the same: therefore where we have in the text “the forms thereof,” the Septuagint read ὑποστασιν αὐτοῦ, — _the substance thereof_.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Then was another book opened, and they saw the title thereof to be The Knight of the Cross.
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Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed, and that it be called an Act. Ordered, That it be sent to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that it be called an Act. Ordered, That it be returned to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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The Bill received the third reading, and it was resolved that it do pass, that the title thereof be changed, that it be called an Act, and be returned to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; and that it be called an Act. Ordered, That it be sent to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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Resolved, That the Bill do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that it be called an Act. Ordered, That it be sent to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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Resolved, That it do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that it be called "An Act," and that it be returned to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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Resolved, That it do pass; that the title thereof be changed; that it be called "An Act," and that it be sent to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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Resolved, That the Bill do pass; That the title thereof be changed; that it be called an Act. Ordered, That it be returned to the House of Representatives.
Journal of the Senate of South Carolina: Being the Session of 1862. South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate 1863
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