By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
I hid myself because I was afraid.
As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
So that, in order that.
Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.
On account, for sake [with of].
My life is ruined because of you!
For the reason [with that].
And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God created and made.
Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
On account of, because of.
He rejected me because revenge, I guess.
From Middle English bi cause, from bi (“by”) + cause, modelled on Old French par cause.
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