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Meanings of wherefore in English

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The cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

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        1
        It is also a gregarious animal; wherefore it signifies the active life.
        Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) / From the Complete Ame...
        2
        And yet He does; wherefore it is not corrupted by the flesh.
        Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
        3
        To the why and the wherefore, the answer was invariably the same.
        Diary in America, Series One
        4
        Devore, Devore, let us now praise famous Devores; wherefore art thou Devore?
        Bag of Bones
        5
        And many others besides; wherefore men are never tired of your gifts.
        The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
        6
        They were for ever asking the why and the wherefore of things.
        The Mastery of the Air
        7
        We cannot endure such blasphemies; wherefore let them be judged and punished.
        The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love / To Which i...
        8
        God is just, and will make known the why and the wherefore.
        Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume...
        9
        Nobody seemed to know, wherefore the ranger himself gave the information mildly:
        Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
        10
        Human nature always wants to know the why and wherefore of things.
        The Malady of the Century
        11
        Now motion belongs chiefly to the appetitive power: wherefore solicitude does also.
        Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
        12
        I forget why or wherefore; if, indeed, I ever asked or learned.
        "My Novel" — Volume 10
        13
        Nathless, I see not wherefore the vernacular may not serve as well.
        The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
        14
        I know not wherefore I have offended her, but so it is.
        The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
        15
        My brethren, wherefore is there need of the lion in the spirit?
        Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
        16
        Now shall I tell you wherefore I have uncovered me to you.
        Old French Romances, Done into English
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