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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
because of
 
PREPOSITION: On account of; by reason of.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English bi cause of, by reason of : bi, by; see by1 + cause, reason; see cause + of, of; see of.
 
 
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