different between therefor vs herefor

English

Etymology

there (“that”) +? for

Pronunciation

Stressed on the second syllable

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ð???f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ð????f??/
• Homophone: therefore (first syllable stressed)

Adverb

therefor (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Therefore, for that or this reason or cause.
2. (now chiefly in law) For or in return for that.
   • 1892, Benjamin Harrison, Fourth State of the Union Address

     During the last fiscal year the Secretary purchased ... 54,355,748 ounces of silver and issued in payment therefor $51,106,608 in notes.

   • 1922, Paradise of the Pacific (volume 35)

     Welcoming people from all over the world, Honolulu has the glad heart behind the "glad hand," so to speak, when the welcomees give cause therefor, whether they come to teach, or to learn; to rest, or to work; to earn, or to spend.

   • 2016, Elena J. Duarte, People v. Garner, 244 Cal. App. 4th 1113 (Cal. App. 3d Dist. 2016)

     We emphasize that, contrary to repeated assertions in defendant's briefing, the trial court did not strike the true findings on those three prison term allegations, but struck only the punishment therefor, which was a statutorily permitted method of handling them.

Translations

See also

References

• therefor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• therfore

English

Alternative forms

• herefore [1549], herefor [1901, current]

Etymology

From the Middle English h?r-for; equivalent to here +? for; compare herefore, therefor, and wherefor, as well as the Danish herfor, the Dutch hiervoor, the German hierfür, and the Swedish härför.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hîrfôr?, IPA^(key): /h???f??/

Adverb

herefor (not comparable)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this.

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)

Anagrams

• feroher