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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.
[where and at.]
1.
At which.
Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed, than desirous to obey Zelmane.
2.
At what, interrogatively. Whereat are you offended?

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whereat

whereat

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whereat

  1. 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.
  2. because of which; whereupon

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