hereupon
Americanadverb
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upon or on this.
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immediately following this.
adverb
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following immediately after this; at this stage
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formal upon this thing, point, subject, etc
Etymology
Origin of hereupon
First recorded in 1125–75, hereupon is from the Middle English word herupon. See here, upon
Example Sentences
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Johnson hereupon summoned management and labor negotiators to the White House.
From Time Magazine Archive
But hereupon the question arises, "Are these two types of relations what Russell holds them to be, namely, ultimate and irreducible logical facts, unanalyzable categories—mere data for the thinker?"
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
And hereupon they fell to cooing again, as if they had been in the virgin forest instead of Osorio's drawing-room.
From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
In order to re-enforce Master Humphrey, the deaf gentleman, and the other original members of his benevolent conclave, he hereupon resorted to a natural, but none the less unhappy, expedient.
From Dickens English Men of Letters by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir
"I--" hereupon his eyes flashed almost passionately, "I am accustomed to worship genius unconditionally."
From Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes by Werner, E.
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