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On or upon this; hereupon.

On that or this. Chaucer. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. Esther vii. 9.

On which; -- used relatively; as, the earth whereon we live. O fair foundation laid whereon to build. Milton.

A statement and explanation or vindication of one's conduct with reference to judgment thereon. Give an account of thy stewardship. Luke xvi. 2.

to write or engare around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

distributing surplus by giving to each policy the excess of premiums and interest earned thereon over the expenses of management, cost of insurance, and the policy value at the date of computation. This excess is called the contribution of the policy.

Formed of ether; ethereal. [Obs.] This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton.

ntatious finery. [Archaic] Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. Fuller.

To glut; to eat voraciously. [Obs.] Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton.

To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping something with a hammer. Whereon this month I have hammering. Shak.

On this; hereon.

the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. Lev. x. 1.

To know. See Can, and Con. [Obs.] Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. Chaucer.

he chancellor or judge, by inquiring into various matters referred to him, and reporting thereon to the court. -- Master of arts, one who takes the second degree at a university; also, the degree or title itself, indicated by the abbreviation M. A., or A. M. -- Master of the horse, the third great officer in the Brit…

To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. "Thereon mused he." Chaucer. He mused upon some dangerous plot. Sir P. Sidney.

To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. The tree whereon they [the bees] pitch. Mortimer.

ice; to carry out; to act upon; to commit; to execute; to do. "Aught but Talbot's shadow whereon to practice your severity." Shak. As this advice ye practice or neglect. Pope.

n or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation depended thereon.

h have been disseized. The sheriff is commanded to reseize the land and all the chattels thereon, and keep the same in his custody till the arrival of the justices of assize. Blackstone.

mpacted. And on a broken reed he still did stay His feeble steps, which shrunk when hard thereon he lay. Spenser. I have not found that water, by mixture of ashes, will shrink or draw into less room. Bacon. Against this fire do I shrink up. Shak. And shrink like parchment in consuming fire. Dryden. All the boards did s…