ELTWeekly Issue #16, Word of the week: wherefore

wherefore • WAIR-for • adverb

meaning:

                 1 : for what reason or purpose : why

                 2 : therefore.

example: “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)

To know more about the word ‘wherefore’, please visit: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwodarch.pl?Mar.15.2009