• Whereat

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    Full definition of whereat

    Conjunction

    1. at which, or toward which
      • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 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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