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by reason
b. in the conjunctive phrases be þam þe, by that, by reason that (see reason n.1 Phrases 3c), by reason: inasmuch as, because, since. Now only in full form by reason that.
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c1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Be þam þe he fader is and laford he him self cwed be þe witie, Si ego, etc.
?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vii. f. cxij By that they prophesyed..and by that they cast out deuelles..it is playne that they be false prophetes.
1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue i. sig. B Be ressoun the kirk..can neuir be gatherit togidder.
1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §10 He shal have no more, bi reson that he shal have cariage.
1606 True Relation Proc. at Arraignm. Late Traitors sig. Rr4v By that hee cals him virum mortis, I may lawfully conclude, etc.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece ii. 203 Wine is scarce, by reason that it is prohibited.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋1 He keeps himself a Batchelor by reason he was crossed in Love.
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by reason
b. by reason: by rights; reasonably. Also occasionally by good reason, by right and reason, by no reason. Obsolete. [Perhaps after Anglo-Norman pur raison, Anglo-Norman and Middle French par raison rightly (a1170 in Old French in this sense; earlier in sense ‘for the sake of argument’ (early 12th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman)); compare Middle French, French par plus forte raison (late 14th cent.).]
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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 461 (MED) Redeli bi resoun þerfore hem rette i mai mi sorwe.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Tobit x. 10 With manye woordis Raguel preȝede Tobie, & he hym bi no resoun [L. nulla ratione] wolde heren.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 80 Seynt peter the apostle and þei þat camen after him han ordeynd to make here confessioun to man; and be gode resoun: for [etc.].
c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf. 16) (1879) Prol. l. 183 Men by reson wel it calle may The daisie or elles the ye of day.
a1500 Ratis Raving (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 1543 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 44 Sum oþir fellon men ȝit ar That..lauchful ore evyne Pwniscioune May thaim assith be na resone.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 26 He delyuered them sufficient by reason, to pay all their small charges.
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Collingbourne 145 b The gylty alwayes are suspicious, And dread the ruyne that must sewe by reason.
c1625 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 251 Be richt and resson he that committis sic offence aucht to tyne his hyre.
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by reason (that)
c. by reason (that): inasmuch as, because. Now rare.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [phrase] > because
by reason (that)a1393
by the cause thatc1405
by occasion thatc1425
in respect of1528
inasmuch1732
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 652 (MED) Which Ring bar of Oblivion The name, and that was be resoun That where it on a finger sat, Anon his love he so foryat, As thogh he hadde it nevere knowe.
1497 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 63 Be ressone that thai ken nocht [the] ground.
1534 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 42 The cause of their dissent..was by reason that that article was clerely agaynst their professyon.
1537 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 165 I ame myndet to let it staunde to the sprynge of the yere, by reason the days ar now so short.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias 8 b They doe not flye, by reason they have no feathers in their wings.
1602 E. Hayes in J. Brereton Briefe Relation Discouerie Virginia 16 The soile is exceeding strong, by reason it was neuer manured.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. vi. §1 By reason that their Moneths must of necessity by degrees change their place.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 52 There were several Murmurings..by reason the Prize-Money was not immediately divided.
1788 Ld. Saltoun Disqualification of Eldest Sons of Peers 57 The Viscount of Tarbat's eldest son was elected, one of the commissioners for the shire of Ross, by reason that his father is nobilitate.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 91/2 By reason that she is adorned with every grace and virtue.
1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxvii. 477 The slave..escaped in some strange way—by magic arts 'twas thought, by reason that he had no key.
1969 Times 13 Jan. 19/4 (advt.) He may be regarded as interested in the matter by reason that he himself holds or may be about to hold another such office.
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