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单词 forasmuch
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forasmuchadv.

Brit. /fərəzˈmʌtʃ/, U.S. /ˌfɔrəzˈmətʃ/, /fərəzˈmətʃ/
Etymology: The phrase for as much; now written as one word.
Only in the conjunctional phrase forasmuch as:
a. In consideration that, seeing that, inasmuch as. Now somewhat formal or archaic. In early use occasionally with ellipsis of the second as; rarely with substitution of that.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning
forasmuch1297
as to1340
as fora1393
nentesa1400
accordingc1430
as respects1543
in (also with) relation to1551
relatively1609
quoad1622
referently1650
on, upon the score (of)1651
on account of1653
schetically1678
with a view to1692
apropos1749
as regards1797
in the matter of1881
in aid of1918
wise1942
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 454 Vor as muche as we mowe fle in none manere.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) Pref. 2 For as mykill as it es lang tyme passed.
1411 Rolls of Parl. III. 650/2 For as myche I am a Justice.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 2 But forasmoche as many of you..can not se what the meanynge therof ys: therefore [etc.].
1606 G. W. tr. Trogus Pompeius Hist. Ivstine 119 b Forasmuch that this prouision made greatly for his furtherance.
1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 89 Forasmuch an honest wife ought to have no other will but that of her husband.
1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 17 Forasmuch as of all the countries included under the torrid zone..those..are the most expos'd.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 489 Forasmuch as then the lease would never be at an end.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 227 My friend, forasmuch as thou utterly beliest me.
b. Occasionally used in the etymologically prior sense: So far as, with regard to so much as.
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1639 G. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 37 For as much as belongs to that eating, we are neither defrauded of any good by the not eating, nor enricht with any good by the eating of the sanctified bread, which for as much as it hath of materials, goes into the belly.
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. vii. 665 The latter, for as much as concern'd his bringing off, was not difficult.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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