wherefore Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
    why.

WordNet

Where"fore adverb & conjunction
Etymology
Where + for.
Definitions
  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 noun
Definitions
  1. the reason why. Colloq.

Webster 1913