Whereat

//wɛəɹˈæt// conj

Definitions

Conjunction
  1. 1
    At which, or toward which. archaic

    "But as ſome of the Oxen in driving, miſſed their fellovvs behind and honing after them, bellovved as their nature is: Hercules chanced to heare them lovv again, and anſvver from out of the cave vvherein they had been beſtovved: vvhereat he turned back, and made haſte thither."

  2. 2
    Because of which; whereupon. archaic

    "[…] we were driven a little to the Eaſt of the Molucca Iſlands, and about three Degrees Northward of the Line, as our Captain found by an Obſervation he took the 2d of May, at which time the Wind ceaſed, and it was a perfect Calm, whereat I was not a little rejoyced."

Etymology

From where- + at.

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