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there⋅fore

  [thair-fawr, -fohr]
Use therefore in a Sentence
–adverb
in consequence of that; as a result; consequently: I think; therefore I am.
Origin:
1125–75; ME ther(e)fore, var. of therfor therefor

Synonyms:
hence, whence. Therefore, wherefore, accordingly, consequently, so, then all introduce a statement resulting from, or caused by, what immediately precedes. Therefore (for this or that reason) and wherefore (for which reason) imply exactness of reasoning; they are esp. used in logic, law, mathematics, etc., and in a formal style of speaking or writing. Accordingly (in conformity with the preceding) and consequently (as a result, or sequence, or effect of the preceding), although also somewhat formal, occur mainly in less technical contexts. So (because the preceding is true or this being the case) and then (since the preceding is true) are informal or conversational in tone.
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there·fore   (thâr'fôr', -fōr')   
adv.  For that reason or cause; consequently or hence.

[Middle English : there, there; see there + for, fore, fore; see for.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

therefore 
O.E. þærfore; from there + fore, O.E. and M.E. collateral form of for. Since c.1800, therefor has been used in sense of "for that, by reason of that;" and therefore in sense of "in consequence of that."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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