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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whereupon \Where`up*on"\, adv
Upon which in consequence of which after which
The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he
came thither. --Clarendon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
whereupon
adv 1: closely following and in consequence of which "the Japanese
refused to import U.S. made cellular phones whereupon
the U.S. imposed strict tariffs on Japanese exports"
2: upon which "the rock whereupon she stood"
3: in consequence of which "this is a statement whereat the
listeners may get angry" [syn: {whereat}]
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