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thereup

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English there uppe. Equivalent to there +‎ up.

Adverb

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thereup (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, formal, uncommon) Up there; thereupon; upon that.
    • 1834, chapter XI, in The Life and Labours of Adam Clarke, London: John Stephens, page 295:
      I was to preach in the old chapel, Halifax, which is much larger than the new one; and the trustees had set collectors at the foot of the gallery stairs to take silver from all who should go thereup.
    • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, page 571:
      This place of endearment! How it is clear! And how they cast their spells upon, the fronds that thereup float, the bookstaff branchings!
    • 1960, William Caxton, transl., edited by Donald B. Sands, The History of Reynard the Fox, Harvard University Press; Oxford University Press, page 74:
      Tho led I him to a place where I told him there were seven hens and a cock which sat on a perch and were much fat and there stood a falldoor by and we climbed thereup.
    • 1962, W. O. Hassall, “Domesticated Animals”, in W. O. Hassall, compiler, How They Lived: An Anthology of original accounts written before 1485, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page 8:
      If it be said that the track is wrongfully pursued, then must he who traces the cattle lead to the ‘staeth’, and there himself one of six unchosen men, who are true, make oath that he according to folk-right [customary law] makes lawful claim on the land, as his cattle went thereup.

See also

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(Here-, there-, and where- words):
Pronominal adverbs
about abouts across after again against along among amongst anent[1] around as at beside between beyond by ever for fore forth forward forwards from hence inabove inafter inbefore inbelow inelsewhere insoever into inunder mid[2] of on out over so soever somever through throughout to tofore unto up upon ward wards with withal within without
hence — — — henceafter — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
here hereabout hereabouts — hereafter — hereagainst — hereamong hereamongst hereanent — — hereat — — — hereby — herefor herefore hereforth hereforward herefowards herefrom herehence hereinabove hereinafter hereinbefore hereinbelow hereinelsewhere hereinsoever hereinto hereinunder heremid hereof hereon hereout hereover — heresoever — herethrough herethroughout hereto heretofore hereunto — hereupon — — herewith herewithal herewithin —
hither — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — hitherto — hitherunto — — hitherward hitherwards — — — —
thence — — — thenceafter — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thenceforth thenceforward thenceforwards thencefrom — — — — — — — — — — — — — thenceout — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
there thereabout thereabouts thereacross thereafter thereagain thereagainst therealong thereamong thereamongst thereanent therearound — thereat therebeside therebetween therebeyond thereby therever therefor therefore thereforth — — therefrom therehence thereinabove thereinafter thereinbefore thereinbelow — — thereinto thereinunder theremid thereof thereon thereout thereover — theresoever — therethrough therethroughout thereto theretofore thereunto thereup thereupon — — therewith therewithal therewithin therewithout
thither — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thitherinsoever — — — — — — — — — — — thitherto — — — — thitherward thitherwards — — — —
when whenabout whenabouts — — — — — — — — — whenas — — — — — whenever — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whenso whensoever whensomever — — − — − — — − − — — — —
whence — — — whenceafter — — — — — — — — — — — — — whencever — — whenceforth whenceforward — whencefrom — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whenceward whencewards — — — —
where whereabout whereabouts — whereafter — whereagainst wherealong whereamong whereamongst whereanent wherearound whereas whereat wherebeside wherebetween wherebeyond whereby wherever wherefor wherefore whereforth — — wherefrom wherehence whereinabove whereinafter whereinbefore whereinbelow — whereinsoever whereinto whereinunder wheremid whereof whereon whereout whereover whereso wheresoever wheresomever wherethrough wherethroughout whereto wheretofore whereunto whereup whereupon — — wherewith wherewithal wherewithin wherewithout
whither — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whitherever — — — — — — — — — — — — whitherinsoever — — — — — — — whitherso — — — — whitherto whithertofore — — — whitherward whitherwards — — — —
  1. ^ Scottish
  2. ^ from Middle English mid
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