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.
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Where"fore, n.
the reason why.
[Colloq.]
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