D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wherefore

/wâ(r)'fô(r)"/ · Where·fore · IPA /ˈwɛə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)/
01 adv. & conj. For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
  1. 1.
    For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
    Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” — Matt. vii. 20.
  2. 2.
    For what reason; why; -- used interrogatively.
    “But wherefore that I tell my tale.” Chaucer.
    Wherefore didst thou doubt?” — Matt. xiv. 31.
02 n. the reason why.
  1. 1.
    the reason why.[Colloq.]