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Webster 1913 Edition
Whereat
Where-at′
,adv.
1.
At which; upon which; whereupon; – used relatively.
They vote;
whereat
his speech he thus renews. Milton.
Whereat
he was no less angry and ashamed than desirous to obey Zelmane. Sir P. Sidney.
2.
At what; – used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?
Webster 1828 Edition
Whereat
WHEREAT
,adv.
1.
At which.Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed, than desirous to obey Zelmane.
2.
At what, interrogatively. Whereat are you offended?Definition 2024
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English
Conjunction
whereat
- at which, or toward which
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
- Again she saw that bosom old, / Again she felt that bosom cold, / And drew in her breath with a hissing sound: / Whereat the Knight turned wildly round, / And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid / With eyes upraised, as one that prayed.
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel
- because of which; whereupon
Translations
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- hereabout, hereafter, hereat, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunto, hereunder, hereupon, herewith
- whereabouts, whereas, whereafter, whereat, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, whereunder, whereupon, wherever, wherewith, wherewithal