therefor

American  

[thair-fawr] / ˌðɛərˈfɔr /

adverb

1. for or in exchange for that or this; for it.

   a refund therefor.

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therefor British  

/ ˌðɛəˈfɔː /

adverb

1. archaic for this, that, or it

   he will be richer therefor

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Etymology

Origin of therefor

First recorded in 1125–75, therefor is from the Middle English word therfor. See there, for

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therefor

Republican Rep. Mike Lynch, the Colorado House minority leader, said he hadn’t seen a draft of the bill and therefor declined to comment.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

The fact the drug was exorbitantly expensive and therefor inaccessible to many Americans was not a factor of consideration.

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2022

Some believe that if gender were somehow culturally abolished, transgender people would simply stop wanting to transition and would therefor cease to exist as a distinguishable class of people.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2018

A debate shouldn't be about riling up and ruffling your opponent, it should be about presenting your vision to the audience - and therefor your future employer.

From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2016

And, when he came to confess, in place of the general confession he said: “Father, I come to your feet to reveal my sins, and to obtain pardon therefor from God our Lord.”

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Antonio Alvarez de Abreu