Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)Because of which.

    warum, weswegen, wofür

    почему́počemú, отчегоotčevo

    чому́čomú, з тако́ї причи́ниz takóji pryčýny

Examples

6 sentences

  1. O Tom, Tom, wherefore art thou Tom?

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  2. O Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

    deO Romeo, Romeo, warum bist du Romeo? — Sudajaengi

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  3. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?

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  4. O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

    deO Romeo, Romeo, warum bist du Romeo? — Sudajaengi · CC BY 2.0 FR

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  5. Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

    deDarum verlässt der Mann Vater und Mutter und hängt seiner Frau an und sie werden ein Fleisch. — Yorwba

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to where- (“what”) + for. Comp

From Middle English wherfor, wherfore, hwarfore, equivalent to where- (“what”) + for. Compare Dutch waarvoor (“what for, wherefore”), German wofür (“for what, what for, why”), Danish and Norwegian hvorfor (“wherefore, why”), Swedish varför (“wherefore, why”). More at where, for.

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whereasB2wherebywhereinwhereuponwhereverB1

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