whenceafter
English
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edit- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hwĕnsäfʹtər, hwĕnsăfʹtər; IPA(key): /ʍɛnsˈɑːftə/, /ʍɛnsˈæftə/
Adverb
editwhenceafter (not comparable)
- (rare) After which; whereafter.
- 1918–1925, Booth Tarkington [aut.] and Alan Seymour Downer [ed.], On Plays, Playwrights, and Playgoers (1959), page 16
- Its light came from thirty feet to the left of it, and the moon itself rose audibly until a stagehand juggled it, whenceafter it ceased to rise.
- 1919, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia II: “Re-Generation” (2003 reprint), page 16
- In the case of each [Master] his Mission was revealed to him at a certain period of his life-career, whenceafter he set himself apart from the world…in order to fulfil his Mission, free from worldly ties and entanglements.
- 1918–1925, Booth Tarkington [aut.] and Alan Seymour Downer [ed.], On Plays, Playwrights, and Playgoers (1959), page 16
Related terms
editSee also
edit- (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
- (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
- (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
- (again): thereagain
- (against): hereagainst, thereagainst, whereagainst
- (among): hereamong, thereamong, whereamong
- (amongst): thereamongst, whereamongst
- (anent): hereanent, thereanent, whereanent
- (around): therearound, wherearound
- (as): thereas, whereas
- (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
- (before): herebefore, therebefore
- (beside): therebeside
- (between): therebetween, wherebetween
- (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
- (for): herefor, therefor, wherefor
- (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
- (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
- (hence): herehence, therehence
- (in): herein, therein, wherein
- (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
- (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
- (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
- (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
- (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
- (out): hereout, thereout, whereout
- (somever): wheresomever
- (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
- (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
- (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
- (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
- (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
- (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
- (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal