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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wherefore  \Where"fore\,  n. 
  the  reason  why.  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wherefore 
  n  :  the  cause  or  intention  underlying  an  action  or  situation  esp 
  in  the  phrase  "the  whys  and  wherefores"  [syn:  {why}] 
  adv  :  for  which  reason;  "wherefore  do  I  receive  this  honor?"  [syn: 
  {wherefor}] 




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