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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).
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And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
6.
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Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known. --1 Cor. xiii.
12.
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2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
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First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
and offer thy gift. --Matt. v. 24.
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3. At another time; later; again.
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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.
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{By then}.
(a) By that time.
(b) By the time that. [Obs.]
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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.
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{Now and then}. See under {Now}, adv.
{Till then}, until that time; until the time mentioned.
--Milton.
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Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
then existing; as, the then administration.
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