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Definition of Forwhy
1. conj. Wherefore; because.
Definition of Forwhy
1. Conjunction. Because ¹
2. Adverb. For what reason, for what cause, why; the reason why, for the reason that ¹
3. Adverb. On account of which ¹
4. Adverb. Inasmuch as, since, for ¹
5. Adverb. For which reason, wherefore, therefore ¹
6. Adverb. In order that, so that ¹
7. Adverb. On the condition that, provided that, if ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Forwhy
1. for what reason [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forwhy
Literary usage of Forwhy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole, an English Father of the Church by Richard Rolle (1896)
"... forwhy bou may let bi heele, & make hit may ... what bou has of witte, & what
bou has of beute; forwhy bo de- ..."
2. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1903)
"forwhy all this followeth out of the attentive hearing of the sermon. ... forwhy,
unless he go forth from me at the gate, he may not come to Paul's Cross ..."
3. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1877)
"And many of them that me not liked I threw aside, with my Wise Men's thought,
and on otherwise bade to hold them. forwhy I durst not risk of my own much in ..."
4. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1880)
"Mr. Peile notes that forwhy, " because," occurs in the old version of the ...
in which the line " forwhy the Lord our God is good " is often erroneously ..."
5. The book of quinte essence or the fifth being by Frederick James Furnivall, Hermes, Trismegistus Hermes (1866)
"... and vse it discreetly, forwhy. not al oonly oure ... to al kynde / forwhy,
euery snow. euery hayl, euery tempest, and also be humour of ..."
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