ergo

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No one ever heard of the devil's eye being put out--ergo, the dog could not be a devil, or one of his imps; so argued a knot of the men in conclave, and Jansen wound up by observing, "Dat de tog was only a tog after all Vanslyperken returned to his cabin and stated his intentions to his factotum and confidant, Corporal Van Spitter.

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  1. conjunction Consequently; therefore.
  2. adverb Consequently; hence.

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  • Little wonder that voters are assessing Obama as more thoughtful and organized -- ergo, —  The Political Environment
  • Plenty of atheists are compassionate without any supernatural being telling them to be -- ergo, it is unnescesary to invoke god or religion at all when saying that humans should be compassionate towards one another. —  Planet Atheism
  • Montreal doesn't think MLS is worth the investment, ergo, they didn't want MLS. —  BlueOregon
  • No one ever heard of the devil's eye being put out--ergo, the dog could not be a devil, or one of his imps; so argued a knot of the men in conclave, and Jansen wound up by observing, "Dat de tog was only a tog after all Vanslyperken returned to his cabin and stated his intentions to his factotum and confidant, Corporal Van Spitter. —  Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend
  • Jacob did not draw his mother; and the pencil is the same as that which drew the rest--ergo, he did not, I really believe, draw one of them. —  Jacob Faithful
 

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  1. Latin ergō; see reg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, therefore. Cf. argal.
 

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/ˈərgoʊ/
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