whereat
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /wɛəɹˈæt/
Conjunction
  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
Translations
  • French: à quoi



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