Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In so far; to such a degree: followed by as.
- In view of the fact; seeing; considering: followed by as.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In like degree; in like manner; seeing that; considering that; since; -- followed by
as . See In as much as, underin , prep.
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- conjunction See
inasmuch as .
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Examples
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I'm vain inasmuch as I think I'm terribly out of shape right now.
Jon Bon Jovi: 'I'm overweight. Drinking too much. Bored to tears' Polly Vernon 2010
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It is much easier to say 'No' in Arabic, [inasmuch as] the Arabs are a negative people.
unknown title 2009
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As regards the ammonium carbonate accumulating in the soil from the conversion of urea and other sources, we know from Winogradsky's researches that it undergoes oxidation in two stages owing to the activity of the so-called "nitrifying" bacteria (an unfortunate term inasmuch as
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Christ's Passion is recalled inasmuch as it was wrought in Him Who is our Head.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Further, silver may yet be abandoned as a subsidiary coinage inasmuch as it has now but a token value in gold standard countries if denuded of sentiment.
Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919
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And peace is produced by justice -- the moral virtue which is concerned with our works: _The work of justice shall be peace_ [331] inasmuch, that is, as a man, by refraining from injuring others, removes occasions of strife and disturbance.
On Prayer and The Contemplative Life Aquinas Thomas 1907
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Thomas Workman gave the workshops to the Faculty of A.plied Science he directed that a sum of $3000 be paid to the former Principal, Dr. Meredith, "inasmuch;" he said, "as I have long been convinced of the value of the services rendered to the University of McGill by Edmund A. Meredith, LL. D., during a very critical period of its history."
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921 Cyrus MacMillan 1916
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We all remember that wonderful "inasmuch" in the twenty-fifth of Matthew.
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Stockmar predicted much advantage from it, "inasmuch," he said,
France in the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Latimer 1863
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In short, within a given time the most blooming young man is turned into an "inasmuch" machine -- an instrument which applies the Code to individual cases with the indifference of clockwork.
The Commission in Lunacy Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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