Whereat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whereat \Where*at"\, adv.
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     1. At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
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              They vote; whereat his speech he thus renews.


                                                    --Milton.
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              Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed than
              desirous to obey Zelmane.             --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you
        offended?
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whereat
       adv 1: in consequence of which; "this is a statement whereat the
              listeners may get angry" [syn: {whereupon}]
       2: at or toward which; "we were at a party whereat there was
          lots of dancing"