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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English forwhy, forwhi, from Old English forhwī, forhwȳ (“why, wherefore”). Equivalent to for + why.
Conjunction
[edit]forwhy
- (obsolete) Because; for the reason that.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.12:
- Then did he cast to steale her thence away, / And with him beare where none of her might know: / But all in vaine, for-why he found no way / To enter in […]
- 1863 February 22, Edward Lear, Letter from Edward Lear to Fortescue:
- But of the day—and of the weeks bygone, and of many other things—this deponent saith nil, whereby and forwhy he is going to bed.
Synonyms
[edit]- as, given that, since; see also Thesaurus:because
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]forwhy
- for what reason, for what cause, why; the reason why, for the reason that
- c. 1382 (date written), Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “Boetius de consolatione Philosophie”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC:
- Forwhy? Yif thou enforcest thee to assemble money, thow must byreven him his money that hath it.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- on account of which
- a. 1250, unknown author, Floris and Blancheflour:
- I ne finde no3t atte frume Þat þing for whi ihc am hider icume.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- inasmuch as, since, for
- c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], (please specify |book=I to V), [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- That ye to him of hard now been ywonne Oughte he be glad..Forwhi men seith, "impressiounes light Ful lightly been ay redy to the flight."
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- for which reason, wherefore, therefore
- c. 1380s, [Geoffrey Chaucer, William Caxton, editor], The Double Sorow of Troylus to Telle Kyng Pryamus Sone of Troye [...] [Troilus and Criseyde], [Westminster]: Explicit per Caxton, published 1482, →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], (please specify |book=I to V), [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- Me nedeth here noon other art to use; Forwhi to every lovere I me excuse, ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- in order that, so that
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- In hyr hand A braunche newe, Forwhy that no man sholde her lette.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- on the condition that, provided that, if
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- Thou shalt haue yiftis good, For-why þat thou wilte dwelle with me.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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