Wherefore /(?)/

Where·fore

Wherefore

adv. & conj.
  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.
    Wherefore didst thou doubt?
    — Matt. xiv. 31.

Wherefore

n.
  1. the reason why. [Colloq.]