Sekirov Dictionary

wherefore

UK /ˈwɛəˌfɔː/US /ˈweɹˌfɔɹ/

adverb 2
conjunction 1
noun 1
forms 1

adverb2

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(no longer used) Why, for what reason, because of what.
- Ah, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? / Denie thy Father, and refuse thy name, / Or if thou wilt not be but sworne my loue, / And il'e no longer be a Capulet. — 1591
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(formal, no longer used) Therefore; thus.
- Wherefore, Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be removed from office. — 2010

conjunction1

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(no longer used) Because of which.
- Wherefore it was that by the time the authorities awoke to the fact that something had happened Billy Byrne was fifty miles west of Joliet, bowling along aboard a fast Santa Fe freight. — 1914

noun1

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An intent or purpose; a why.
- Ant[ipholus of Syracuse]. Shall I tell you why? / S. Dro. [Dromio of Syracuse] I, sir, and wherefore; for they say, euery why hath a wherefore. — 1594

forms

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