The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. "Darkness there might well seem twilight here." Milton.
2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.
The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend And turns it to exile; there art thou happy.
There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject.
A knight there was, and that a worthy man.
Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced.
There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue.
There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc.
There was formerly used in the sense of where.
Here and there, in one place and another.
{ There"a*bout` (?), There"a*bouts` (?), } adv. [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.] 1. Near that place.
2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.
Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts.
There*af"ter (?), adv. [AS. ðræfter after that. See There, and After.] 1. After that; afterward.
I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
3. Of that sort. [Obs.] "My audience is not thereafter." Latimer.
There"a*gain` (?), adv. In opposition; against one's course. [Obs.]
There"-a*nent` (?), adv. Concerning that. [Scot.]
There*at" (?), adv. 1. At that place; there.
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.
2. At that occurrence or event; on that account.
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat.