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wherefore

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where·fore  (hwârfôr, -fr, wâr-)
adv.
1. For what purpose or reason; why.
2. Therefore.
n.
A purpose or cause: wanted to know all the whys and wherefores.
wherefore [ˈwɛəˌfɔː]
n
(usually plural) an explanation or reason (esp in the phrase the whys and wherefores)
adv
Archaic for what reason? why?
sentence connector
(Law) Archaic or formal for which reason: used as an introductory word in legal preambles
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wherefore - the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
why
reason, ground - a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
Translations
wherefore (archaic) [ˈwɛəfɔːʳ] (also liter)
A. ADV (= why) → por qué; (= and for this reason) → y por tanto, por lo cual
B. N = why C
wherefore
adv (obs) → warum, weswegen
conj (obs) → weswegen
n ? why N


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Dear Madam [I wrote], It has come to my knowledge that when you walk in the Gardens with the boy David you listen avidly for encomiums of him and of your fanciful dressing of him by passers-by, storing them in your heart the while you make vain pretence to regard them not: wherefore lest you be swollen by these very small things I, who now know David both by day and by night, am minded to compare him and Porthos the one with the other, both in this matter and in other matters of graver account.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
The end of life was reserved for the Dog, wherefore the old man is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, tolerant only of his own household, but averse to strangers and to all who do not administer to his comfort or to his necessities.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Wherefore he was held in high reverence, and when the two other gentlemen were hanged for lying the Theosophists elected him to the leadership of their Disastral Body, and after a quiet life and an honourable death by the kick of a jackass he was reincarnated as a Yellow Dog.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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