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(conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated. quotations examples
I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 14:20
Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am)
1637, René Descartes, Discourse on the Method
In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […] , and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd.
Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 171
He blushes; therefore he is innocent.
1753, The Spectator, number 642
(conjunctive, archaic) for that; for it (in reference to a previous statement) quotations
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew 19:27