Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- conjunction Toward or at which.
- conjunction As a result or consequence of; whereupon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- At what? as, whereat are you offended?
- At which.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
- adverb At what; -- used interrogatively; as,
whereat are you offended?
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- conjunction at which, or toward which
- conjunction because of which;
whereupon
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Examples
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On the lower shelves were enormous folios, on whose backs I spelled in black letters, 'Lightfoot Opera,' a title whereat I wondered, considering the bulk of the volumes.
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward 1889
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There on the lower shelves were great enormous folios, on whose backs she spelled in black letters, "Lightfooti Opera," a title whereat she marveled, considering the bulk of the volumes.
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On the lower shelves were enormous folios, on whose backs I spelled in black letters, 'Lightfoot Opera,' a title whereat I wondered, considering the bulk of the volumes.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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A chemical element was thought of by Lavoisier as "the actual term whereat analysis has arrived," a definite substance "which we cannot subdivide with our present knowledge," but not necessarily a substance which will never be divided.
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry M. M. Pattison Muir
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There, on the lower shelves, were enormous folios, on whose backs she spelled in black letters "Lightfooti Opera" ” a title whereat she marveled, considering the bulk of the volumes.
The Girlhood of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward, b. 1850 1996
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_elements_; since his time an element is "the actual term whereat chemical analysis has arrived," it is that which "with our present knowledge we cannot sub-divide"; and, as a working hypothesis, the notion of _element_ has no wider meaning than this.
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry M. M. Pattison Muir
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We cannot be certain that what we regard as simple to-day is indeed simple; all we can say is, that such a substance is the actual term whereat chemical analysis has arrived, and that with our present knowledge we cannot sub-divide it. "
The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry M. M. Pattison Muir
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He closed with the remark that he was Mr. ---- of Cariboo -- a celebrated name whereat we shook in our shoes.
Roughing It, Part 5. Mark Twain 1872
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He closed with the remark that he was Mr. ---- of Cariboo -- a celebrated name whereat we shook in our shoes.
Roughing It Mark Twain 1872
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He closed with the remark that he was Mr. -- of Cariboo -- a celebrated name whereat we shook in our shoes.
Roughing It 1871
bilby commented on the word whereat
"SECOND LORD: Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 29, 2009