Wherefore

Adverb

 * 1)  Why, for what reason, because of what.
 * 2) * "Job", Holy Bible King James Version, 21:7:
 * Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
 * 1) * 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
 * Romeo, O Romeo. Wherefore art thou, Romeo?
 * 1)  Therefore.

Conjunction

 * 1)  Because of which.
 * 2) * Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. (Isaiah 30:12-13)

Noun

 * 1) An intent or purpose; a why.

Derived terms

 * whys and wherefores

Thesaurus
accordingly, after all, after which, all things considered, argument, because of that, because of this, before the bench, before the court, ceteris paribus, consequently, considering, ergo, everything being equal, excuse, explanation, for that, for that cause, for that reason, for this cause, for this reason, for which, for which reason, for why, from what cause, ground, hence, hereat, hereinafter, how come, in court, on, on balance, on that account, on that ground, on the whole, on this account, on what account, pourquoi, pretense, pretext, proof, propter hoc, rational ground, rationale, reason, reason for, reason why, stated cause, sub judice, taking into account, the big idea, the idea, the whatfor, the wherefore, the why, then, thence, thereat, therefor, therefore, this being so, thus, thusly, thuswise, underlying reason, upon, upon which, what for, whence, whereat, wherefrom, whereon, whereto, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, why, whyever, whyfor

Etymology
From wherfor:, wherfore:, hwarfore:, equivalent to. Compare waarvoor:,  wofür:,  and  hvorfor:,  varför:. More at,.

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 * Norwegian: hvorfor


 * Portuguese: por quê
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 * West Frisian: wêrom