hereupon, adv.
(hɪərəˈpɒn)
[f. here adv. 16 + upon prep.]
1. Upon this thing, point, subject, or matter.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 Her uppon heo þencheð muchele mare þen uppon godalmihtin. 1591 Spenser M. Hubberd 123 It behoues..to resolue first herevpon. a 1626 Bacon New Atl. (1631) 2 Consulting hereupon amongst our Selves. 1651 Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxvi. 226 Hereupon a question may be asked. |
2. Immediately following upon this (in time or consequence).
| c 1340 Cursor M. 4945 (Fairf.) Her a-pon þai stale my þinge. c 1385 Chaucer L.G.W. 1643 Hypsip., And her⁓upon, at night they mette y-fere. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 73 Hereupon the kinges messengers were put in prison. 1597 Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. x. §1 What other effect could hereupon ensue. 1706 tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. iii. xviii. 261 Hereupon there was a great murmur. 1863 F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia 34, I hereupon had to explain to them [etc.]. |