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adv
Alternative spelling of wherefore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated, not-comparable
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conj
For which.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative spelling of wherefore.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated
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History
From Middle English wherefore, wherefor (“for what reason; why”), equivalent to where (“what”) + fore (“for”).
From where (“what; which”) + for.
