D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Therefore

/thârʹfôr/ · There·fore · IPA /ˈðɛɹ.fɔɹ/
01 conj. & adv. For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.
  1. 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.
    “Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?” — Matt. xix. 27.
  2. 2.
    Consequently; by consequence.
    “He blushes; therefore he is guilty.” — Spectator.
Syn. See Then.