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herefore
English
Alternative forms
- herfor [1480], heerefore [1581], heerfoer [c1620], herefore [1697, current]
Etymology
From the Middle English h?r-for; equivalent to here +? for; compare herefor, therefore, and wherefore, as well as the Danish herfor, the Dutch hiervoor, the German hierfür, and the Swedish härför.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hîr?fôr, IPA(key): /?h??f??/
Adverb
herefore (not comparable)
- (now formal) For this reason; on this account; therefore.
- Obsolete spelling of herefor
Translations
See also
References
- “† Herefor, -fore, adv.” listed on page 238 of volume V (H–K), § i (H) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
† Herefor, -fore, adv. Obs. exc. Sc. [f. Here adv. 16 + For prep.: compare therefore; Du. hiervoor, Ger. hierfür, Da. herfor.] [¶] 1. For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this. Still in occas. Sc. use, written herefor. [¶] a 1300 Cursor M. 17506 Þir guiftes her for [Cott. þar-for] giue we ?u. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 343 He was tau?t to strive not herfore. 1549 Chaloner Erasmus on Folly Sija, Herefore haue I obteined the mercy of god. Mod. Sc. For the sum of twenty pounds, being the consideration herefor given. [¶] † 2. For this reason, on this account, therefore. [¶] c 1200 Vices & Virtues 5 Hierfore ic am neðer and unmihti. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 149 Herfor kyng Richard wrathes him. 1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 66 Here-fore þe gospel of Mathew seys þat crist bad vs pray thus. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. li. 35 Saynt albone suffred his martirdome before that saynt edmond was martryd and herfor saynt albone is callyd the fyrst martir of Englond. 1581 Pettie Guazzo’s Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 2, I will not heerefore commende you so much. c 1620 A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 13 Heerfoer, for distinctiones of both sound and symbol, I wald commend the symbol and name of i and u to the voual sound. 1697 Dallas Stiles i. 84 Herefore I beseech your Lordships, that ye would..ordain the said Director..to grant..Precepts. - “†herefor, -fore, adv.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)
herefore From the web:
- therefore means
- what does therefore mean
- what is therefore
herein
English
Etymology
From here (“this”) + in
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?n
- Hyphenation: here?in
Adverb
herein (not comparable)
- Within this content, context, or thing.
Related terms
- hereinafter
- hereinbefore
- therein
Translations
See also
- Category:English pronominal adverbs
See also
Anagrams
- Henrie, inhere, rheine
Finnish
Adjective
herein
- superlative degree of hereä
Declension
Adjective
herein
- Instructive plural form of hereä.
German
Etymology
From her +? ein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [h???ain]
- Rhymes: -a??n
Adverb
herein
- in (in the direction of the speaker)
Related terms
- heraus, raus
- hinein
- rein
- hinaus
Further reading
- “herein” in Duden online
herein From the web:
- what herein means
- hereinafter meaning in spanish
- what hereinbefore means
- hereinafter what does it mean
- hereinafter meaning
- what does herein mean
- what does herein mean in legal terms
- what does herein mean in a contract
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