That

that, pron. or conj. — pi. Those (thoz), when used as a pron. A pronoun referring usually to something before mentioned or understood, or to something more remote, and used, as a demons, pron. pointing out a person or thing before mentioned, or supposed to be understood as a relative pron., equivalent to who or which, serving to make definite a person or thing alluded to before: in such cases used both in the singular and plural; also, referring to an entire sentence or paragraph, and not merely to a word; as a conj., having much of the force of a demons, pron.; also, introducing a clause, a9 the object of the preceding verb introducing a reason or purpose, and sometimes a result. [AS. thset, orig. neut. of demons, pron. and used as neut. of def. article, Skr. tat, that, Lithuan. and Ru . ta, that (pron.), D. dat, G. do , that (conj.) there, than, then, they, their, the, thence, this, thus.] — In that. For the reason that; because, — a phrase denoting some particular attribute, cause, or reason.