I just read it in a legal document draft but I had never read it before... no dictionary in hand so,... here I ask.
2006-08-29 05:54:39 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Sure, it's just not a common one. It basically means "why," as in the famous balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet." Juliet says, "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" asking why he exists, not where the heck is he already.
2006-08-29 05:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep....
where‧fore [hwair-fawr, -fohr, wair-]
–adverb
1. Archaic. for what? why?
2. for that cause or reason: Wherefore let us be grateful.
–noun 3. the cause or reason: to study the whys and wherefores of a situation.
2006-08-29 05:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by h-e-a-t-h-e-r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
2006-08-29 06:00:06 · answer #3 · answered by sam21462 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an old word that isn't used very often anymore.
See Shakespeare... "Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
2006-08-29 05:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by MoMattTexas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly used to be a word, Shakespeare used it. Maybe it is officially no longer a word, I am not sure. It means "why" by the way.
2006-08-29 05:58:20 · answer #5 · answered by Courage 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, inasmuch as it used correctly, foretowith & henseforth... alot of these conjuctions, prepositions, adverbs, & adjectives are easily found in the "legalese" of today.
2006-08-29 06:03:43 · answer #6 · answered by cherodman4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope its either therefore or whereas but not wherefore
2006-08-29 05:58:54 · answer #7 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! And it's an adverb!
2006-08-29 05:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by alfonso 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is old English & is...but usually only used in law!
2006-08-29 05:57:51 · answer #9 · answered by fairly smart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep....amazingly it is.
2006-08-29 05:59:50 · answer #10 · answered by becca007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋