thereafter

thereafter
/dhair'af"teuhr, -ahf"-/, adv.
1. after that in time or sequence; afterward: Thereafter they did not speak.
2. Obs. accordingly.
[bef. 900; ME ther after, OE thaer aefter. See THERE, AFTER]
Syn. 1. later, subsequently, thenceforth.

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