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where·fore (hwâr

fôr

, -f

, wâr

adv.

1. For what purpose or reason; why.

2. Therefore.

A purpose or cause: wanted to know all the whys and wherefores.

wherefore [ˈwɛəˌfɔː]

(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

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Noun

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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explanation For why ground hell motive object objective purpose reason why	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	When as when first seen when the time comes whenas whence Whenceever Whenceforth whencesoever whene'er whenever Whennes whensoever whenua whenwe Wher where Where away where'er where's Whereabout whereabouts whereafter whereas whereat whereby wherefore wherefores Whereform wherefrom wherein whereinto Whereness whereof whereon Whereout Whereso Wheresoe'er wheresoever wherethrough whereto whereunto whereupon wherever wherewith wherewithal wherret wherrit wherry Wherso whet Whet slate	Where's All the Data Where's George Where's My Glasses? Where's My Socks Where's the beef? Where's the beef? Where's the Dough? Where's the File Where's the Fire? Where's the Fire? Where's The Fish? Where's the Food? Where's the Fridge? Where's the Love Where's the Party At Where's Willy? Where's Your Sense of Humor? Where/When Applicable whereabout whereabout whereabouts whereabouts whereabouts Whereabouts Unknown whereafter whereas whereas whereat whereby whereby wherefore wherefores Whereform wherefrom wherein wherein whereinto Whereness whereof whereof whereon whereon Whereout Wheresmydad Whereso Wheresoe'er wheresoever wherethrough whereto whereunto whereupon whereupon wherever Wherever the Need Wherever You Will Go wherewith wherewithal wherewithal wherewithal wherewithals wherewithals

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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