Wherefore means "for what reason" as an adverb, and "reason or purpose" as a noun.
Wherefore significa "por qué razón" como adverbio, y "razón o propósito" como sustantivo.
| Front | wherefore \HWAIR-for\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adverb For what reason? noun Reason or purpose. [From Middle English, a combination of where + for. The word often appears in the phrase "the whys and wherefores (of something)", meaning its reasons. First recorded use: c. 1200.] "Love is the most dunderheaded of all the passions; it never will listen to reason. The very rudiments of logic are unknown to it. 'Love has no wherefore,' says one of the Latin poets." |
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