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thereat, adv. Now formal or arch.|ðɛərˈæt|
[OE. þǽr æt, two words: see there 17 and at.]
1. At the place, meeting, etc., mentioned; there.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. vii. §2 Moniᵹe untrume..þær æt hælo onfengon. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9526 Hii hulde a parlement..& þe king him sulf was þerate. 13..Seuyn Sag. (W.) 2358 Whan he com to Rome yate, And wolde wenden out therate. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xvi. 74 Sum saise þai hafe bene þare att. 1526Tindale Matt. vii. 13 Many there be which goo yn there att. 1611Shakes. Wint, T. iv. iv. 500 Not for Bohemia, nor the pompe that may Be thereat gleaned. 1885Act 48 & 49 Vict. c. 78 §30 He shall..hold a sitting..and shall thereat take and receive any evidence..offered.
b. With a verb of motion or aim: cf. at 13.
1517R. Torkington Pilgr. (1884) 27 He cast a stonne ther att.
c. Expressing attachment to a thing: cf. at 7.
1566tr. Sc. Acts Jas. III, c. 87 Our Souerane Lord..annexis till his Crowne the Erldome of Ros with the pertinentis, to remane thairat for euer. 1567in 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 643/2 Ane tabled hyngand with ane grytt rubye and ane grytt hingand perle thairatt. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. xi. 109 A broad plate..and the Jewel they hang thereat. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 161/2 A Leather Girdle..with a strong Rope..hanging thereat.
2. On the occasion or occurrence of that, thereupon, because of that: cf. at 34, 35.
a1300Cursor M. 2722 Sarra..Herd þis word and logh þar at. a1450Knt. de la Tour 98 His wyff..dysdeyned thereatte, and had scorne therof. 1490Caxton Eneydos xviii. 68 For to take theratte som comforte. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 34 Thereat the feend his gnashing teeth did grate. 1605Shakes. Lear iv. ii. 75 Bending his Sword To his great Master, who, thereat enrag'd Flew on him. 1869Tennyson Passing of Arthur 462 Thereat once more he moved about. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 253 Thereat the silver trumpet's tuneful blare Made music strange.
3. At or in connexion with the thing or process on which action is brought to bear: cf. at 17.
13..Cursor M. 11674 (Fairf.) My hande þer at may naþing do. c1440Alphabet of Tales 198 When he fand gude wyne on a tyme, he seld his slavyn & drank it þer-att. c1556R. Cockes in Archæologia XXXV. 20, I trust this weke that cometh we shall do a good chare therat [at the hay-making]. 1581Exch. Rolls Scot. XXI. 551 The saidis parties oblissis thame to..abyid thairat bot any reclaming. |