Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THERE'FORE, comp. [ther'fore. there and for.]

1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated. I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. Luke xiv.
2. Consequently. He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator.
3. In return or recompense for this or that. What shall we have therefore? Matth. xix.