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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Therefore

There′fore (t͟hâr′fōr or t͟hẽr′fōr; 277), conj. & adv. [OE. therfore. See There, and Fore, adv., For, and cf. Therefor.] 1. For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.

I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. Luke xiv. 20.

Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? Matt. xix. 27.

2. Consequently; by consequence.

He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator.

Syn. — See Then.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.