ipso factoadv.
/ˈɪpsəʊ ˈfaktəʊ/ By that very fact; by the fact itself.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb]
thyeOE
therebyc897
theOE
thereforec1175
soa1200
hereforc1200
for that sakea1375
ipso facto1548
hence1571
argal1604
eo ipso1696
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > in fact, actually > by that very fact
ipso facto1548
1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 1 §1 The same person..shall therefore be deprived ipso facto of all his spirituall promocions.
1647 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 214 By taking Christendom upon us at our Baptism, we did ipso facto renounce the world.
1790 P. Francis Let. Burke in E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 129 The best possible critic of the Iliad would be, ipso facto, and by virtue of that very character, incapable of being the author of it.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. x. 433 In rejecting their Divine King, they ipso facto lost the living principle and tie of their nationality.
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