Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wherefore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wherefore \Where"fore\, n.
the reason why. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wherefore \Where"fore\, adv. & conj. [Where + for.]
1. For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
--Matt. vii.
20.
2. For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively.
But wherefore that I tell my tale. --Chaucer.
Wherefore didst thou doubt? --Matt. xiv.
31.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wherefore
n : the cause or intention underlying an action or situation esp
in the phrase "the whys and wherefores" [syn: {why}]
adv : for which reason; "wherefore do I receive this honor?" [syn:
{wherefor}]
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