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By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.

As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.

(obsolete) So that, in order that. (17th c.)

On account, for sake (:of).

(obsolete) For the reason (:that).

{{non-gloss|Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".}}

(slang) (internet slang) On account of, because of.