forasmuch en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle English for-as-moche, vor asemoche, for as miche, equivalent to for + as + much.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Inasmuch, seeing (that).
Foraſmuch as many haue taken in hande to ſet foorth in order a declaration of thoſe things which are moſt ſurely beleeued among vs[…]
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 1:1, column 1:
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(not-comparable, obsolete) So far as; with regard to so much as.
Forasmuch as belongs to that eating, we are neither defrauded of any good by not eating, nor enriched with any good by the eating of the sanctified bread, which, forasmuch as it hath of materials, goes into the belly.
1651, George Digby, Letters Concerning Religion: