Cause, reason, account; sake. Cf. nothing, pron. n.adv. int.phrases 2d. Obsolete.

A fact, condition of matters, or consideration, moving a person to action; ground of action; reason for action, motive.

Reason, cause.

Cause, reason, purpose. Obsolete.

Occasion, cause, reason.

Cause, reason, or ground. Also with a and plural.

Reason, cause. Obsolete.

A cause of something, esp. one adduced as an explanation. Of a fact, event, or thing not dependent on human agency.

figurative and in figurative contexts. That which causes, impels, or inspires action; an instigating cause, agency, or force; a motive. Cf. mainspring…

An impelling cause or occasion. Obsolete.

A turn or occasion of action. Obsolete. rare.

A question beginning with wherefore, or (more usually) the answer to such question; cause, reason. Often following why similarly used.

A cause, a reason; a statement introduced by ‘because’, or the fact denoted by such a statement; = dioti, n. Also: a piece of reasoning or inference…

A ‘wherefore’.

(Const. of.) That which accounts for something surprising or extraordinary; the essential thing to be observed in order to secure some end.