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conj
since or because.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Synonyms: given that, seeing that, since, as, as long as, because, being, being as, being that, due to the fact that, for, for that, forasmuch as, forthy, forwhy, in regard, in that, inasmuch as, now that, on account of, sith, sithence, when, ∵
Antonyms: none provided
History
Possibly an ellipsis of "it being so that" or "it being true that"
