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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
then
adv
  1. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed"
    Synonym(s): then, so, and so, and then
  2. in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be rich"
  3. at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back then"; "science as it was then taught"
adj
  1. at a specific prior time; "the then president"
n
  1. that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Then \Then\, conj.
      1. Than. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      2. In that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore;
            for this reason.
  
                     If all this be so, then man has a natural freedom.
                                                                              --Locke.
  
                     Now, then, be all thy weighty cares away. --Dryden.
  
      Syn: Therefore.
  
      Usage: {Then}, {Therefore}. Both these words are used in
                  reasoning; but therefore takes the lead, while then is
                  rather subordinate or incidental. Therefore states
                  reasons and draws inferences in form; then, to a great
                  extent, takes the point as proved, and passes on to
                  the general conclusion. [bd]Therefore being justified
                  by faith, we have peace with God.[b8] --Rom. v. 1.
                  [bd]So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
                  the word of God.[b8] --Rom. x. 17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Then \Then\ ([th][ecr]n), adv. [Originally the same word as
      than. See {Than}.]
      1. At that time (referring to a time specified, either past
            or future).
  
                     And the Canaanite was then in the land. --Gen. xii.
                                                                              6.
  
                     Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
                     also I am known.                                 --1 Cor. xiii.
                                                                              12.
  
      2. Soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.
  
                     First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come
                     and offer thy gift.                           --Matt. v. 24.
  
      3. At another time; later; again.
  
                     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.
  
      {By then}.
            (a) By that time.
            (b) By the time that. [Obs.]
  
                           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.
  
      {Now and then}. See under {Now}, adv.
  
      {Till then}, until that time; until the time mentioned.
            --Milton.
  
      Note: Then is often used elliptically, like an adjective, for
               then existing; as, the then administration.
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