Wherefore, adv.& conj.
Etymology: [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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Wherefore, n.
the reason why. [Colloq.]
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for wherefore; he lists it under therefore.
Where he writes about it:
Wherefore is the correlative of therefore, and whence of hence or thence, appending the inference or conclusion to the previous statement without a break. — from therefore
Antonyms
none given