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wherefore
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Definition:why; for what reason
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Wherefore should a man be so richly rewarded for having been son to a millionaire, were it not clearly provable that the common welfare is thus better furthered?
Samuel Butler. Erewhon
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She did not know herself why and wherefore, but the arranging of her house had an irresistible attraction for her.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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