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wherefore
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wherefore \Where"fore\, adv. & conj. [Where + for.]
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1. For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
--Matt. vii.
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2. For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively.
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But wherefore that I tell my tale. --Chaucer.
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Wherefore didst thou doubt? --Matt. xiv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wherefore \Where"fore\, n. the reason why. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
