"in regard" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Probably an elision of \"in regard that\".",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
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        {
          "text": "I cannot say that I ever saw an adder, in regard there are none in these parts.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1587, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie:",
          "text": "Yet, in regard they substance passeth his,\n⁠And that iust guerdon may befall desert,<br?⁠To him we yeeld the armour of the prince.\n⁠How likes don Balthazar of this deuice?",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1682, Thomas Browne, On Tobacco:",
          "text": "That which comes fermented and dyed unto us affords no distinct account, in regard it is infected with a decoction or lixivium",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "since; because; inasmuch as; considering that; considering."
      ],
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          "since",
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        ],
        [
          "because",
          "because"
        ],
        [
          "inasmuch as",
          "inasmuch as"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) since; because; inasmuch as; considering that; considering."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "in regard of"
        },
        {
          "word": "in regard to"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "as"
        },
        {
          "word": "given that"
        },
        {
          "word": "seeing that"
        },
        {
          "word": "because"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in regard"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Probably an elision of \"in regard that\".",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "in regard of"
    },
    {
      "word": "in regard to"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I cannot say that I ever saw an adder, in regard there are none in these parts.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1587, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie:",
          "text": "Yet, in regard they substance passeth his,\n⁠And that iust guerdon may befall desert,<br?⁠To him we yeeld the armour of the prince.\n⁠How likes don Balthazar of this deuice?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "a. 1682, Thomas Browne, On Tobacco:",
          "text": "That which comes fermented and dyed unto us affords no distinct account, in regard it is infected with a decoction or lixivium",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "since; because; inasmuch as; considering that; considering."
      ],
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          "because",
          "because"
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          "inasmuch as"
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        "(obsolete) since; because; inasmuch as; considering that; considering."
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      "word": "as"
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    {
      "word": "given that"
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    {
      "word": "seeing that"
    },
    {
      "word": "because"
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  "word": "in regard"
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