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Etymology

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From there +‎ before.

Adverb

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therebefore (not comparable)

  1. Before that time.
    Antonym: thereafter
  2. Before that (the thing aforementioned).
    Antonym: thereafter
    Coordinate terms: therewith, therewithout, therebeside, thereover, thereunder, thereon, therein, therebetween, thereamong
    • 1836, Cornelius Webbe, “London Walkers”, in Glances at Life in City and Suburb‎[1], Smith, Elder and Company, page 208:
      "Will you take anything, sir?" "He would not dine till his friend Captain Jones arrived;" and turning his heels he finished the room. The old gentleman poked the fire as if he entertained a particular spite against a particular coal at the top, and threw aside the poker so snappishly, that it knocked down the shovel, which, resenting the blow, prostrated the tongs with a terrible clatter, and the whole tumbling together, capsized the fender, which coming with its sharp edge on the tail of a French poodle lying therebefore, sent him howling "harsh discords" out of the room. At this moment up went my peripatetic gentleman once more, and his spur catching in the skirts of the old boy's Bath beaver surtout, his small grey eyes kindled like the coal he had just broken — " D⸺n, sir!" — (very emphatic and furious) — " Why don't you sit down like a gentleman?" had almost escaped his quivering lips — (you read the sentence in his eyes) — when, fortunately for the lovers of peace and the dislikers of duelling, in came Captain Jones's man with his master's compliments, and he could not meet him that day.
    • 1911, “The feud of the queens”, in Arthur S. Way, transl., The Lay of the Nibelung Men‎[2], Cambridge University Press, page 113:
      Now with the train of her handmaids paced to the minster the Queen—
      But lo, cometh Kriemhild the lovely, a very glory-sheen,
      With maidens three-and-forty, which had fared with her unto Rhine:
      In loveliest loomwork, woven in Araby, did they shine.
      So royally swept the maidens up to the minster-door;
      And for her the vassals of Siegfried were waiting therebefore.
    • 1919 April 22, William T. Plummer, William Henry Bradshaw, “No. 189,911. Apparatus for Stretching and Coiling Belts. Appareil à tendre et à enrouler les courroies”, in Minister of Trade and Commerce, editor, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights and Trade Marks‎[3], volume 47, number 16, page 615:
      [Claim—] 4. In [an] apparatus of the character described, in combination, a plurality of pairs of stretching rollers each of which rotates at a higher peripheral speed than the pair before, and a coiling device in series therewith, said coiling device including a roller operating upon the belt driven at a peripheral speed of not less than that of the stretching roller immediately therebefore.

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Here-, there-, and where- words
Pronominal adverbs
about abouts above across after afters again against along among amongst anent1 around as at away beit before beside between beyond by ever for fore forth forward forwards from hence inabove inafter inbefore inbelow inelsewhere insoever into inunder mid2 of on out over so soever somedever3 somever3 through throughout to tofore unto up upon ward wards -wise with withal within without
hence — — — — henceafter — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — henceforth henceforward henceforwards hencefrom — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
here hereabout hereabouts hereabove — hereafter hereafters — hereagainst — hereamong hereanent — — hereat hereaway — herebefore — — — hereby — herefor herefore hereforth hereforward hereforwards herefrom herehence hereinabove hereinafter hereinbefore hereinbelow hereinelsewhere hereinsoever hereinto hereinunder heremid hereof hereon hereout hereover — — — — herethrough herethroughout hereto heretofore hereunto — hereupon — — — herewith herewithal herewithin herewithout
hither — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — hitherto — hitherunto — — hitherward hitherwards — — — — —
how — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — howbeit — — — — — however — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — howso howsoever howsomedever howsomever — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
that — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thataway — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thatwise — — — —
thence — — — — thenceafter — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thenceforth thenceforward thenceforwards thencefrom — — — — — — — — — — — — thenceout — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
there thereabout thereabouts thereabove thereacross thereafter thereafters thereagain thereagainst therealong thereamong thereamongst thereanent therearound — thereat thereaway — therebefore 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
this — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thisaway — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thiswise — — — —
thither — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — thitherinsoever — — — — — — — — — — — — — thitherto — — — — thitherward thitherwards — — — — —
what — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whatever — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whatso whatsoever whatsomedever whatsomever — — — — — — — — — whatwise — — — —
when whenabout whenabouts — — — — — — — — — — — whenas — — — — — — — — whenever — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whenso whensoever — whensomever — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
whence — — — — whenceafter — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whencever — — whenceforth whenceforward — whencefrom — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whenceward whencewards — — — — —
where whereabout whereabouts whereabove — whereafter whereafters — whereagainst wherealong whereamong whereamongst whereanent wherearound whereas whereat whereaway — wherebefore 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 — — — — —
why — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whyever whyfor — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — whyso whysoever — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1. Scottish
2. from Middle English mid
3. old dialectal form
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