whereat

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at which place or thing; at what, in formal or archaic use

   They reached the gate whereat the old road once entered the town.

2. 2
   conj

   because of which event or statement; whereupon

   The proposal was rejected, whereat several members left the meeting.

From Middle English wherat, a transparent compound of where + at. Like whereon and wherein, it combines a relative or interrogative where-form with a preposition; its extended connective sense means "because of which" or "whereupon."

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