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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Then \Then\ ([th][e^]n), adv. [Originally the same word as than. See {Than}.] 1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future). [1913 Webster] And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii. 6. [1913 Webster] Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. --1 Cor. xiii. 12. [1913 Webster] 2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward. [1913 Webster] First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. --Matt. v. 24. [1913 Webster] 3. At another time; later; again. [1913 Webster] One while the master is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] {By then}. (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {Now and then}. See under {Now}, adv. {Till then}, until that time; until the time mentioned. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for then existing; as, the then administration. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Then \Then\, conj. 1. Than. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason. [1913 Webster] If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: Therefore. Usage: {Then}, {Therefore}. Both these words are used in reasoning; but therefore takes the lead, while then is rather subordinate or incidental. Therefore states reasons and draws inferences in form; then, to a great extent, takes the point as proved, and passes on to the general conclusion. "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God." --Rom. v. 1. "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." --Rom. x. 17. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: then adv 1: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed" [syn: {then}, {so}, {and so}, {and then}] 2: in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich" 3: at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught" adj 1: at a specific prior time; "the then president" n 1: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"