for because

English

Alternative forms

• forbecause

Conjunction

for because

1. (archaic) Because.
   • c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ”, in Egerton MS 2711‎^[1], page 50v:

     My mothers maydes when they did ſowe & ſpyñ
     they ſang ſometyme a ſong of the feld mowſe
     that forbicauſe her lyvelood was but thyñ
     Would nedes goo ſeke her townyſſh ſyſters howſe

Synonyms

• because
• for that (archaic)