Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dialectal, not comparable)Then; thereupon.

    1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Foxː Tho went I near and found Master Reynard, that had left that he first read and sang, and began to play his old play.

    1642, Henry More, Song Soulː Tho I gan closely on his person look.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Certainly most have the Spanish pox, or, as some call it, the French, tho it be common to all nations.

Origin

From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa-

From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). See also German da (“then, thereupon”).

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