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wherefor

adv

Etymology

From Middle English wherefore, wherefor (“for what reason; why”), equivalent to where (“what”) + fore (“for”).

  1. inherited from wherefore

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of wherefore.

  2. For which.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wherefor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA