Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Because

Because ({not transcribed}) , conjunction

[Old English bycause; by + cause.]

1.
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. — Milton
2.
In order that; that. [Obsolete]
And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace. — Matt. xx. 31
Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. — Eph. v. 6
Collocations (1)
Because of , by reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.]