FORASMUCH

Etymology

Adverb

forasmuch (not comparable)

Inasmuch, seeing (that).

(obsolete) So far as; with regard to so much as.

Usage notes

Only used in the conjunctional phrase forasmuch as. The phrase is now somewhat formal or archaic. In early use the second as was occasionally omitted, and in rare instances it was replaced by that.

Source: Wiktionary


For`as*much", comj.

Definition: In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; -- followed by as. See under For, prep.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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