Forasmuch

//fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ// adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Inasmuch, seeing (that). not-comparable

    "Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beleeued among vs[…]"

  2. 2
    So far as; with regard to so much as. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Forasmuch as belongs to that eating, we are neither defrauded of any good by not eating, nor enriched with any good by the eating of the sanctified bread, which, forasmuch as it hath of materials, goes into the belly."

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forsomuch

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"Forasmuch as you have desired so simple a woman to write in so worthy a book, good Master Lieutenant, therefore I shall, as a friend, desire you, and as a Christian, require you, to call upon God to incline your heart to his laws, to quicken you in his way, and not to take the word of truth utterly out of your mouth."

Etymology

From Middle English for-as-moche, vor asemoche, for as miche, equivalent to for + as + much.

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