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where⋅fore

  [hwair-fawr, -fohr, wair-]
Use wherefore in a Sentence
–adverb
1. Archaic. for what? why?
2. for that cause or reason: Wherefore let us be grateful.
–noun
3. the cause or reason: to study the whys and wherefores of a situation.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see where, for

Synonyms:
2. See therefore.
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where·fore   (hwâr'fôr', -fōr', wâr'-)   
adv.  
  1. For what purpose or reason; why.
  2. Therefore.
n.  A purpose or cause: wanted to know all the whys and wherefores.
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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.

Wherefore

Where"fore\, n. the reason why. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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wherefore

see whys and wherefores.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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