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Definitions for wherefore
ˈʰwɛərˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, ˈwɛər-where·fore
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Princeton's WordNet
why, wherefore(noun)
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
Wiktionary
wherefore(Noun)
An intent or purpose; a why.
Etymology: From wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to . Compare waarvoor, wofür, and hvorfor, varför. More at where, for.
wherefore(Adverb)
Why, for what reason, because of what.
Etymology: From wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to . Compare waarvoor, wofür, and hvorfor, varför. More at where, for.
wherefore(Adverb)
Therefore.
Etymology: From wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to . Compare waarvoor, wofür, and hvorfor, varför. More at where, for.
wherefore(Conjunction)
Because of which.
Etymology: From wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to . Compare waarvoor, wofür, and hvorfor, varför. More at where, for.
Webster Dictionary
Wherefore
for which reason; so; -- used relatively
Etymology: [Where + for.]
Wherefore
for what reason; why; -- used interrogatively
Etymology: [Where + for.]
Wherefore(noun)
the reason why
Etymology: [Where + for.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wherefore in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wherefore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of wherefore in a Sentence
But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with theeCame not all hell broke loose Is pain to themLess pain, less to be fled, or thou than theyLess hardy to endure Courageous chief,The first in flight from pain, hadst thou allegedTo thy deserted host this cause of flight,Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.
William Shakespeare, Richard III, V.iii:
I shall despair. There is no creature loves me; And if I die no soul will pity me: And wherefore should they, since that I myself Find in myself no pity to myself?
The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.
There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour for we are members one of another.
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