‘reason why’, reason. Sometimes used interrogatively, or conjunctively: Why, for the reason that, for this reason. Obsolete exc. dialect.
In collocation with wherefore similarly used.
Subcategories:
— causes or reasons (1)
— familiar reason (1)
— reason for existence (1)
— because (5)
— because of (18)
— for that reason or because of that or inasmuch as (8)
— with reason (1)
— for several reasons (1)
— why (2)