then

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 ]

☞ Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for then existing; as, the then administration. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) (a) The palm of the hand. (b) The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the French chemist, L. J. Thénard. ] (Min.) Anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. thenne, thanne, and (with the adverbal -s; see -wards) thennes, thannes (hence thens, now written thence), AS. ðanon, ðanan, ðonan; akin to OHG. dannana, dannān, danān, and G. von dannen, E. that, there. See That. ] 1. From that place. “Bid him thence go.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

When ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Mark vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not unusual, though pleonastic, to use from before thence. Cf. Hence, Whence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Gen. xxvii. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. From that time; thenceforth; thereafter. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be no more thence an infant of days. Isa. lxv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. For that reason; therefore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous, about him. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not there; elsewhere; absent. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. From that time; thereafter. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing. Matt. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

This word is sometimes preceded by from, -- a redundancy sanctioned by custom. Chaucer. John. xix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. From that time onward; thenceforth. [ 1913 Webster ]