"forasmuch as" meaning in English

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          "text": "But, that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.",
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        "Inasmuch as, because, since."
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        "So far as; with regard to so much as."
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        "(obsolete) So far as; with regard to so much as."
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      "ipa": "/fɒɹəzˈmʌtʃ æz/",
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        "So far as; with regard to so much as."
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        "(obsolete) So far as; with regard to so much as."
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