\Where"fore\, adv. & conj. [Where + for.]
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\, n.
the reason why. [Colloq.]