forwhy

conj.

Wherefore; because. [Obs.]

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(for-HWY)
conjunction
Because.

adverb
Why.

Etymology
From for + why.]

Usage
"She is the weeping welkin, I the earth: Then must my sea be moved with her sighs; Then must my earth with her continual tears Become a deluge, overflow'd and drown'd; Forwhy my bowels cannot hide her woes." — William Shakespeare; Titus Andronicus; c. 1590.

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