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  • n  the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

  • Instead of "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"one of the Bard's most famous questionsyou would have Juliet ask, "Wherefore art you Romeo?".
  • Said Cardinal Seredi: "How different would be the fate of humanity, created for happiness, wherefore it is ever seeking happiness, if the solidarity of all Catholics of the world .
  • However, that goes to say about publishers only publishing what they want us to hear, which is the wherefore of a new breed of reporting.
News & Articles

  • Trish Dressen: Local talent comes alive in Abilene
    Wherefore art thou, Abilene? Enjoy the best of the Bard of Avon at Abilene Christian University’s Abilene Shakespeare Festival, featuring the sassy romantic comedy “The Taming of the Shrew.”
    June 24, 2013 - Abilene Reporter-News
  • Trish Dressen: Local talent comes alive in Abilene
    Wherefore art thou, Abilene? Enjoy the best of the Bard of Avon at Abilene Christian University’s Abilene Shakespeare Festival, featuring the sassy romantic comedy “The Taming of the Shrew.”
    June 24, 2013 - Abilene Reporter-News
Quotes

  • the Apostle Paul in The REAL TRUTH
    The apostle Paul wrote, "Wherefore He [Christ] is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them" (Heb.
  • Aquilino Pimentel Jr in GMA news.tv
    Wherefore, premises considered, finding no merit in the Motion for Leave of Court (to Grant Reporters and Other Media Practitioners Free and Full Access to Interview Accused Trillanes at his Place of Detention), the same is hereby denied,...
  • Nahmanides in Ha'aretz
    To enable the reader to grasp the intensity of this moment, Nachmanides explains that the source of his commentary is a passage from Job (10:18-21): "Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no...

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