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== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === === Conjunction === for that (archaic) Because. ==== Synonyms ==== as, given that, since; see also Thesaurus:because === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “for that”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.