WHEREFORE Copy link • WHEREFOREAs dependent Interrogative [Vid: WHY]. As relative conclusive particle, quare: quamobrem (refer to one definite ground distinctly stated): quapropter: quocirca (refer to a number of grounds collectively, some of which may be implied only = for these and similar reasons, motives, etc; Vid: Heindorf, Pr. Intr., ii, 583): proinde (is a hortatory “wherefore,” used in animated appeals, in speeches, etc. = igitur cum exhortatione quadam, Heindorf, Pr. Intr., ii, 368).