Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whereat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whereat \Where*at"\, adv.
1. At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
They vote; whereat his speech he thus renews.
--Milton.
Whereat he was no less angry and ashamed than
desirous to obey Zelmane. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you
offended?
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
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