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Webster 1913 Edition
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.
Where′fore
,Noun.
the reason why.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Wherefore
WHEREFORE
,adv.
1.
For which reason.Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Matthew 7.
2.
Why; for what reason.Wherefore didst thou doubt? Matthew 14.