forasmuch as

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ æz/ === Conjunction === forasmuch as Inasmuch as, because, since. Synonyms: as, given that, seeing that; see also Thesaurus:because (obsolete) So far as; with regard to so much as. ==== Usage notes ==== This phrase is now somewhat formal or archaic. In early use the second as was occasionally omitted, and in rare instances it was replaced with that. ==== Quotations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “forasmuch as”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.