hereupon

Definition

Immediately afterwards; at this.

Etymology

From here + upon. Spelled as two words before the 16th century.

Example Sentences

• "Laſtly, One way more there may be of miſtake, at that not unuſuall among us, grounded upon a double compute of the year; the one beginning from the 25 of March, the other from the day of our birth unto the ſame again, which is the naturall account. Now hereupon many men frequently miſcaſt their daies; for in their age they diduce the account not from the day of their birth, but the year of our Lord, wherein they were born."
• "Again, be it that some nocive or hurtful thing be towards us, must Fear of necessity follow hereupon?"
• "Hereupon it is, that these sportulary preachers are fain to sooth up their many masters […]"

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