thereatadv.
/ðɛːrˈat/ Now formal or archaic.
1.
a. At the place, meeting, etc., mentioned; there.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > there
therec888
thereata900
thereofa1200
là-bas1848
a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. vii. §2 Monige untrume..þær æt hælo onfengon.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9526 Hii hulde a parlement..& þe king him sulf was þerate.
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 2358 Whan he com to Rome yate, And wolde wenden out therate.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvi. 74 Sum saise þai hafe bene þare att.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. vii. f. ix Many there be which goo yn there att.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 489 Not for Bohemia, nor the pompe that may Be thereat gleaned. View more context for this quotation
1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria 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 prep. 13.
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1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 27 He cast a stonne ther att.
c. Expressing attachment to a thing: cf. at prep. 7.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adverb]
on?a1200
toc1425
hereto1559
thereat1566
1566 tr. 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.
1567 in 6th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1877) 643/2 Ane tabled hyngand with ane grytt rubye and ane grytt hingand perle thairatt.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis xi. 109 A broad plate..and the Jewel they hang thereat.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 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 prep. 34, 35.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of > because of that
thereofa1200
thereata1300
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2722 Sarra..Herd þis word and logh þar at.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 98 His wyff..dysdeyned thereatte, and had scorne therof.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xviii. 68 For to take theratte som comforte.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. S6 Thereat the feend his gnashing teeth did grate.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvi. 74 Bending his sword To his great maister, who thereat inraged Flew on him. View more context for this quotation
1869 Ld. Tennyson Passing of Arthur 462 Thereat once more he moved about.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 253 Thereat the silver trumpet's tuneful blare Made music strange.
3. At or in connection with the thing or process on which action is brought to bear: cf. at prep. 17.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
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herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
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thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 11674 My hande þer-at may na-þing do.
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 198 When he fand gude wyne on a tyme, he seld his slavyn & drank it þer-att.
c1556 R. Cockes in Archaeologia 35 20 I trust this weke that cometh we shall do a good chare therat [at the hay-making].
1581 Exch. Rolls Scot. XXI. 551 The saidis parties oblissis thame to..abyid thairat bot any reclaming.
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