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for that

conj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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conj

Meaning 1

Because.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

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History

Etymology

From Middle English for that, from an alteration of Old English for þon (þe), with the instrumental demonstrative pronoun þon replaced by nominative/accusative þæt due to levelling of the Old English declensional system in Middle English. Equivalent to for (“because of”) + that. Compare forthan, a parallel descendant of the same construction without the declensional levelling.