WHEREFORE

adv. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
adv.

For which reason; so; -- used relatively. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matt. vii. 20.

2.
adv.

For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively. But wherefore that I tell my tale. Chaucer. Wherefore didst thou doubt Matt. xiv. 31.

3.
n.

the reason why. [Colloq.]

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