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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives 1878

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • _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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • He closed with the remark that he was Mr. -- of Cariboo -- a celebrated name whereat we shook in our shoes.

    Roughing It 1871

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  • "SECOND LORD: Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep."

    - William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.

    August 29, 2009