Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Because; for the reason that.

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  • conjunction obsolete because, for the reason that.

Etymologies

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From for +‎ cause.

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Examples

  • PVCQA audits are either routine or forcause/directed and can include:

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • “But forcause somer was spente in the servyce of the wylde goddes, it is so moche to be regarded after what fashion yeouth is educate and browght upp, in whiche tyme that that is lerned (for the moste parte) will nott all holelie be forgotten in the older yeres,

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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  • "Because; for the reason that."

    --Century Dictionary

    January 15, 2011