hereat
Americanadverb
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at this time; when this happened.
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by reason of this; because of this.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of hereat
First recorded in 1350–1400, hereat is from Middle English here at. See here, at 1
Example Sentences
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The event will be webcast hereat 11 a.m.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2011
Presently the lily vanished away out of the water; hereat the man had his head whole and sound again.
From Mediaeval Tales by Henry Morley
The inexorable chief hereat got considerably excited, told him he was a poor devil, and might be off with himself; he wouldn’t talk any more about it.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
Zayn al-Asnam was confounded hereat and said to his mother, "Whence could my sire have obtained all these rare things?"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The Wazir wondered hereat and reported the same to the Sultan who cried, "Return to him and say, 'Is it possible that thou display to us thy beloved who is in thy breast-pocket?'"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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