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by that
b. Hence, with omission of the noun: by this, by that; also by now, by then, etc.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 2827 Bi þenne bigan þe liȝt of day.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3007 Bi þis come sarra to þe tide, O birth sco moght not ouerbide.
?a1400 Morte Arth. (1847) 19 By that was Launcelot hole and fere.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 774 Be this the word wes to king arthur gone.
c1565 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1728) 62 There are other ambassadors..directed by-now from the pope.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 262 Had Judah that day join'd..They had by this possess'd the Towers of Gath. View more context for this quotation
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. cxxxii By this Dunois Had arm'd.
1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) They must have sailed by now.
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c. In the conjunctive phrase by the time (that); also formerly, by then (that), by that.
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a1300 Floriz & Bl. 151 Biþat hit was middai hiȝ Floriz was þe brigge niȝ.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2839 Bi þe time þat þe sune ras, Strang cri in þa tounes was.
?a1400 Morte Arth. (1847) 99 By than that endyd was the fight, The fals were feld.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. x By than they were redy on horsbak there were vii C knyghtes.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 19 Be tyme he wase XVIII yere old, Of deddes of armys he wase bold.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlvi. 64 By yt it was day in the mornyng, they were before Courtray.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xv. 266 They cannot tell what is saide; it is forgotten by that it is spoken.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 82 By that these Pilgrims had been at this place a week, Mercy had a Visitor. View more context for this quotation
1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 356 By that time he had overtaken the poor flying Emperor, he was almost equal to him.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 123 By the time the villagers had broken their fast.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason iii. 63 Now was it eve by then that Orpheus came Into the hall.
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a. The sense of ‘means’ sometimes approaches or passes into that of ‘cause’ or ‘reason’: Because of, on account of, in consequence of, through; in virtue of, on the ground of. †by so, by that: therefore.
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. ix. 93 Though flewme of hymself be thicke and vnsauery by strengthe of heete.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton G iv And by so thou oughtest to be contente.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxxviii. 120 Soone after by this synne he fylle.
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. ix. sig. I.iij He wolde haue women of his countre to be regarded by theyr vertue.
1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. xxvi. 31 Al ye shalbe offended by me this nyght.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. v. 12 Warwickes Brother, and by that our Foe. View more context for this quotation
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxiv. sig. N5v A Hill almost vn-ascendable, by the roughnesse of a craggy way.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 27 Aug. (1974) VIII. 403 By the growth of his beard and gray hair, I did not know him.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. III. 240 The press..swarmed with productions, dangerous by their sedition and calumny, more than by their eloquence or style.
1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. 263 In his house Protagoras was said to have read one of his works by which he incurred a charge of atheism.
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by that
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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