Where"fore (?), adv. & conj. [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.Where"fore, n. the reason why.
[Colloq.]