Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Because.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- conjunction obsolete Wherefore; because.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- conjunction
Because - adverb For what reason, for what cause,
why ; the reason why, for the reason that - adverb On account of which
- adverb
Inasmuch as,since ,for - adverb For which reason,
wherefore ,therefore - adverb In order that, so that
- adverb On the condition that, provided that,
if
Etymologies
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From Middle English forwhy, forwhi, from Old English forhwī, forhwȳ ("why, wherefore"), equivalent to for + why.
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Examples
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I especially enjoyed the week of archaic conjunctions from late November: argal sobeit whencesoever albeit forwhy
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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I especially enjoyed the week of archaic conjunctions from late November: argal sobeit whencesoever albeit forwhy
Conjunction Junction 2008
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OK, OK, OK, so there are plenty of reasons, or excuses, forwhy you can't make a difference.
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The only difference here is that the offer was made and the Chancellor gave some truly boneheaded explanation forwhy.
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