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Definition of "thereat" [there•at]

  • At that place; there. (adverb)
  • At that event; on account of that. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "thereat" in a sentence
  • "The blow that's aim'd thereat is latcht by th'arm."
  • "Christ then being "the strait gate," and his doctrines the narrow way, and himself the only door of admission to the favour of God, and salvation; the scripture directs us how we are to enter in thereat, that is, by repentance, and faith in the merit of the"
  • "It hath but one gate or entrie thereat, which is shut with piles, stakes, and barres."
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