Adverb : Seeing the gate, they entered thereat. From Dictionary.com.
The blow that's aim'd thereat is latcht by th'arm. From Wordnik.com. [Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight] Reference
It hath but one gate or entrie thereat, which is shut with piles, stakes, and barres. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II.] Reference
Blood came to cheeks; thereat rejoiced the Franks. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862] Reference
"Our" City -- I am taken for a Spy, and thereat lose my. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
And thereat we both laughed -- though why, I am not sure. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Family and friends noted the change and wondered thereat. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
But active hostilities ceased and the Hebrews rejoiced thereat. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886] Reference
May's indignation thereat, suggested Sally May as a likely culprit. From Wordnik.com. [Judy of York Hill] Reference
Let who will look askance thereat; I give you the one to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Soredamors had such grief thereat that she could not live after him. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
The men had been recently dismounted, and were much discontented thereat. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Now the duke hears of his misfortune, and had great grief and great care thereat. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Moros thought the brass was solid gold, and were naturally much impressed thereat. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route] Reference
Well, now she hath immortalitee and blesse, are you so - rie thereat, that were enuious. From Wordnik.com. [A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde] Reference
He seemed deeply pained thereat; but no one ever mentioned that he had put down the price. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Forthwith John departs, prepares well the tomb, and did thereat what a master of his craft would do. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
The raising came off successfully, but it is not definitely stated how much rum was consumed thereat. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1886. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, February, 1886.] Reference
They answered that they had been at it and drank thereof, and that each of them had left a pin thereat. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Donovan, on the information brought in by a stool-pigeon, had made the arrest and was jubilant thereat. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Cross Mystery Being a Somewhat Different Detective Story] Reference
But one day one of his people imagined she saw an evil thing or devil, and became greatly alarmed thereat. From Wordnik.com. [The Pastor's Son] Reference
The stranger had a long private interview with the dean, but what transpired thereat was never made public. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The priests laughed thereat and said, "Yea, yea, it is just the price of a slave that the false Messiah is worth.". From Wordnik.com. [King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth] Reference
Sanders, "he called, and thereat every one held his or her breath," this is a sad predicament to find an officer in. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
Greeks and Germans -- and the one side are blithe thereat; and the other side, grieved; but soon will the truth be known. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
And through the crowd ran yelping more than one small lap-dog, trodden on by children, who cried out with merriment thereat. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
The Greeks greatly rejoice thereat; for now they all know of a surety that never by any chance will the count escape being taken. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Queen Eleanor led the way to the royal table; and thereat, shortly after, at a signal from the monarch, the company seated themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
This time, because he was looking intently at the young man, he saw his mouth tighten at that term and felt a resigned wonder thereat. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Parisian, and gave receptions on a scale of such grandeur that the flowers offered as souvenirs thereat would have kept many a wolf from. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of the Wind] Reference
It is a different world; from it there is no information; arrival thereat is impossible; attainment thereto is prohibited and inaccessible. From Wordnik.com. [Japan Will Turn Ablaze!] Reference
But before this man left him, he prevailed upon Cliges to tell him his name; and went for his part to tell it to the duke, who had great wrath thereat. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
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