† then ˈafter, theˈnafter, adv. Obs.
After then, after that time: = thereafter.
| 1470–85 Malory Arthur x. i. 494 And thenne after he gaf hym a drynke. 1485 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 285/2 Unabled fro thenceforth for ever, to claime, have or enjoy, any of the premisses, by him thenne after. 1605 T. Sparke Brotherly Perswasion (1607) 6 Homilies then published and authorised, or to be then after published and authorised. 1791 Selby Bridge Act 14 At all times for ever thenafter. |
So † then afterward(s adv. phr. in same sense.
| a 1485 Fortescue Wks. (1869) 486 Thanne afterward he..destroied the Reame of Assury. 1597 Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 99 He..was condemned for an Heretike by the Nicene Councell, and his books burned: and then after⁓wards making shew before Constantine the Emperour, with a solemne oath to recant his old errours. 1671 H. M. Erasm. Colloq. 226 What didst thou then afterward? |