There'fore, conj. & adv.

conjunctionadverb

(thĕr/fōr, or thâr/fōr) (Synop., § 130), conj. & adv. [From there and for.]

Sense 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.

Sense 2. Consequently; by consequence.

He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator.

Sense 3. In return or recompense for this or that.

What shall we have, therefore? Matt. xix. 27.

Synonyms—See THEN.