Then (&thlig_;&ebreve_;n), adv. [Originally the same word as than. See Than.] 1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).
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And the Canaanite was then in the land. Gen. xii. 6.
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Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1 Cor. xiii. 12.
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2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
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First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Matt. v. 24.
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3. At another time; later; again.
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One while the master is not aware of what is done, and then in other cases it may fall out to be own act. L'Estrange.
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By then. (a) By that time. (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
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But that opinion, I trust, by then this following argument hath been well read, will be left for one of the mysteries of an indulgent Antichrist. Milton.
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Now and then. See under Now, adv. -- Till then, until that time; until the time mentioned. Milton.
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&hand_; Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for then existing; as, the then administration.
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