Word Meanings - THEREUPON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Upon that or this; thereon. "They shall feed thereupon." Zeph. ii. 2. On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore. hopes to find you forward, . . . And thereupon he sends you this good news. Shak. 3. Immediately; at once; without delay.
Related words: (words related to THEREUPON)
- SHALLOP
A boat. thrust the shallop from the floating strand. Spenser. Note: The term shallop is applied to boats of all sizes, from a light canoe up to a large boat with masts and sails. - ACCOUNTANTSHIP
The office or employment of an accountant. - ACCOUNTANCY
The art or employment of an accountant. - FORWARD
An agreement; a covenant; a promise. Tell us a tale anon, as forward is. Chaucer. - WITHOUT-DOOR
Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak. - WITHOUTFORTH
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer. - SHALLOON
A thin, loosely woven, twilled worsted stuff. In blue shalloon shall Hannibal be clad. Swift. - CONSEQUENCE
A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference. 3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution. Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton. Link follows - SHALLOW-BRAINED
Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South. - FORWARDLY
Eagerly; hastily; obtrusively. - SHALLOW-WAISTED
Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel. - SHALLOW
schalowe, probably originally, sloping or shelving; cf. Icel. skjalgr wry, squinting, AS. sceolh, D. & G. scheel, OHG. schelah. Cf. Shelve 1. Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton. 2. Not deep in tone. - ACCOUNTABILITY
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; accountableness. "The awful idea of accountability." R. Hall. - FORWARDNESS
The quality of being forward; cheerful readiness; promtness; as, the forwardness of Christians in propagating the gospel. 2. An advanced stage of progress or of preparation; advancement; as, his measures were in great forwardness. Robertson. 3. - ACCOUNTABLE
1. Liable to be called on to render an account; answerable; as, every man is accountable to God for his conduct. 2. Capable of being accounted for; explicable. True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden - ACCOUNT BOOK
A book in which accounts are kept. Swift. - SHALLOT
A small kind of onion growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot. - SHALL
sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen, pres. zal, imp. zoude, zou, OHG. solan, scolan, pres. scal, sol. imp. scolta, solta, G. sollen, pres. soll, - SHALLOW-PATED
Shallow-brained. - IMMEDIATELY
1. In an immediate manner; without intervention of any other person or thing; proximately; directly; -- opposed to mediately; as, immediately contiguous. God's acceptance of it either immediately by himself, or mediately by the hands of the bishop. - INCONSEQUENCE
The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd. - OVERFORWARD
Forward to excess; too forward. -- O"ver*for"ward*ness, n. - STRAIGHTFORWARD
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. -- adv. - SUPERCONSEQUENCE
Remote consequence. Sir T. Browne.