thereat

adv

Etymology: From Middle English thereat, ther-at, þeratte, þerat, from Old English þǣræt, from Proto-West Germanic *þārat, from Proto-Germanic *þarat, equivalent to there + at.

1. There; at that place.

   “So she goeth around the hill compassing Time with me goes slow. - So there openeth a door, and thereat goes she in.”

   ““Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice; / Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—”

2. At that event.

   “Old Deacon Smith was quick to see the impression made by Abby Howard upon the mind of his son, and he was wonderfully pleased thereat, for Abby was the oldest daughter of the good Deacon Howard, and was herself a church member, and pious. He had more hope for his son now, than he had felt for years.”

   “Then said the gods, “Earth is no place for laughter.” Thereat They strode to Pegāna’s outer gate, to where the Pestilence lay curled asleep, and waking him up They pointed toward Harza, and the Pestilence leapt forward howling across the sky.”