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wherefore
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
wherefore
(adverb)
why
(noun)
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wherefore
/
ˈ
weɚˌfoɚ/
adverb
wherefore
/
ˈ
weɚˌfoɚ/
adverb
Learner's definition of WHEREFORE
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used in the past to mean “why”
“
Wherefore
art thou Romeo?” [=why are you Romeo?]
Shakespeare,
Romeo and Juliet
(1594–95)
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the whys and (the) wherefores
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