for : [f'ɔr] [fɚ] [frɚ]
For - \
For -\ [
AS .
for -;
akin to D . &
G .
ver -,
OHG .
fir -,
Icel .
for -,
Goth .
fra -,
cf .
Skr .
par [=
a ]-
away ,
Gr . ?
beside ,
and E .
far ,
adj .
Cf . {
Fret }
to rub .]
A prefix to verbs ,
having usually the force of a negative or privative .
It often implies also loss ,
detriment ,
or destruction ,
and sometimes it is intensive ,
meaning utterly ,
quite thoroughly ,
as in forbathe .
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For \
For \,
prep . [
AS .
for ,
fore ;
akin to OS .
for ,
fora ,
furi ,
D .
voor ,
OHG .
fora ,
G .
vor ,
OHG .
furi ,
G .
f ["
u ]
r ,
Icel .
fyrir ,
Sw .
f ["
o ]
r ,
Dan .
for ,
adv .
f ["
o ]
r ,
Goth .
fa ['
u ]
r ,
fa ['
u ]
ra ,
L .
pro ,
Gr . ?,
Skr .
pra -. [
root ]
202 .
Cf . {
Fore }, {
First },
{
Foremost }, {
Forth }, {
Pro -}.]
In the most general sense ,
indicating that in consideration of ,
in view of ,
or with reference to ,
which anything is done or takes place .
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1 .
Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action ;
the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state ;
the reason of anything ;
that on account of which a thing is or is done .
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With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath . --
Shak .
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How to choose dogs for scent or speed . --
Waller .
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Now ,
for so many glorious actions done ,
For peace at home ,
and for the public wealth ,
I mean to crown a bowl for C [
ae ]
sar '
s health .
--
Dryden .
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That which we ,
for our unworthiness ,
are afraid to crave ,
our prayer is ,
that God ,
for the worthiness of his Son ,
would ,
notwithstanding ,
vouchsafe to grant . --
Hooker .
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2 .
Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act ;
the end or final cause with reference to which anything is ,
acts ,
serves ,
or is done .
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The oak for nothing ill ,
The osier good for twigs ,
the poplar for the mill .
--
Spenser .
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It was young counsel for the persons ,
and violent counsel for the matters . --
Bacon .
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Shall I think the worls was made for one ,
And men are born for kings ,
as beasts for men ,
Not for protection ,
but to be devoured ? --
Dryden .
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For he writes not for money ,
nor for praise .
--
Denham .
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3 .
Indicating that in favor of which ,
or in promoting which ,
anything is ,
or is done ;
hence ,
in behalf of ;
in favor of ;
on the side of ; --
opposed to against .
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We can do nothing against the truth ,
but for the truth . --
2 Cor .
xiii .
8 .
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It is for the general good of human society ,
and consequently of particular persons ,
to be true and just ;
and it is for men '
s health to be temperate .
--
Tillotson .
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Aristotle is for poetical justice . --
Dennis .
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4 .
Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed ,
or the point toward which motion is made ;
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ntending to go to .
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We sailed from Peru for China and Japan . --
Bacon .
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5 .
Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves ,
or that to which a substitute ,
an equivalent ,
a compensation ,
or the like ,
is offered or made ;
instead of ,
or place of .
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And if any mischief follow ,
then thou shalt give life for life ,
eye for eye ,
tooth for tooth ,
hand for hand ,
foot for foot . --
Ex .
xxi .
23 ,
24 .
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6 .
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated ;
to be ,
or as being .
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We take a falling meteor for a star . --
Cowley .
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If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth ,
without having examined ,
what is there that he may not embrace for tru ?? --
Locke .
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Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried -
up English poet for their model . --
Dryden .
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But let her go for an ungrateful woman . --
Philips .
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7 .
Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action ,
or that in spite of which anything is done ,
occurs ,
or is ;
hence ,
equivalent to notwithstanding ,
in spite of ; --
generally followed by all ,
aught ,
anything ,
etc .
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The writer will do what she please for all me .
--
Spectator .
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God '
s desertion shall ,
for aught he knows ,
the next minute supervene . --
Dr .
H .
More .
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For anything that legally appears to the contrary ,
it may be a contrivance to fright us . --
Swift .
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8 .
Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends ;
hence ,
during ;
in or through the space or time of .
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For many miles about There '
s scarce a bush . --
Shak .
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Since ,
hired for life ,
thy servile muse sing .
--
prior .
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To guide the sun '
s bright chariot for a day .
--
Garth .
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9 .
Indicating that in prevention of which ,
or through fear of which ,
anything is done . [
Obs .]
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We '
ll have a bib ,
for spoiling of thy doublet .
--
Beau . &
Fl .
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{
For },
or {
As for },
so far as concerns ;
as regards ;
with reference to ; --
used parenthetically or independently .
See under {
As }.
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As for me and my house ,
we will serve the Lord .
--
Josh .
xxiv .
15 .
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For me ,
my stormy voyage at an end ,
I to the port of death securely tend . --
Dryden .
{
For all that },
notwithstanding ;
in spite of .
{
For all the world },
wholly ;
exactly . "
Whose posy was ,
for all the world ,
like cutlers '
poetry ." --
Shak .
{
For as much as },
or {
Forasmuch as },
in consideration that ;
seeing that ;
since .
{
For by }.
See {
Forby },
adv .
{
For ever },
eternally ;
at all times .
See {
Forever }.
{
For me },
or {
For all me },
as far as regards me .
{
For my life },
or {
For the life of me },
if my life depended on it . [
Colloq .] --
T .
Hook .
{
For that }, {
For the reason that },
because ;
since . [
Obs .]
"
For that I love your daughter ." --
Shak .
{
For thy },
or {
Forthy } [
AS .
for [
eth ][=
y ].],
for this ;
on this account . [
Obs .] "
Thomalin ,
have no care for thy ."
--
Spenser .
{
For to },
as sign of infinitive ,
in order to ;
to the end of .
[
Obs .,
except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech .] --
"
What went ye out for to see ?" --
Luke vii .
25 .
See {
To },
prep .,
4 .
{
O for },
would that I had ;
may there be granted ; --
elliptically expressing desire or prayer . "
O for a muse of fire ." --
Shak .
{
Were it not for },
or {
If it were not for },
leaving out of account ;
but for the presence or action of . "
Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite ,
were it not for the will ." --
Sir M .
Hale .
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For \
For \,
conj .
1 .
Because ;
by reason that ;
for that ;
indicating ,
in Old English ,
the reason of anything .
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And for of long that way had walk ['
e ]
d none ,
The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar .
--
Fairfax .
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And Heaven defend your good souls ,
that you think I will your serious and great business scant ,
For she with me . --
Shak .
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2 .
Since ;
because ;
introducing a reason of something before advanced ,
a cause ,
motive ,
explanation ,
justification ,
or the like ,
of an action related or a statement made .
It is logically nearly equivalent to since ,
or because ,
but connects less closely ,
and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before .
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Give thanks unto the Lord ;
for he is good ;
for his mercy endureth forever . --
Ps .
cxxxvi .
1 .
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Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ,
Not light them for themselves ;
for if our virtues Did not go forth of us , '
t were all alike As if we had them not . --
Shak .
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{
For because },
because . [
Obs .] "
Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens ." --
Robynson (
More '
s Utopia ).
{
For why }.
(
a )
Why ;
for that reason ;
wherefore . [
Obs .]
(
b )
Because . [
Obs .]
See {
Forwhy }.
Syn :
See {
Because }.
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For \
For \,
n .
One who takes ,
or that which is said on ,
the affrimative side ;
that which is said in favor of some one or something ;
--
the antithesis of against ,
and commonly used in connection with it .
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{
The fors and against }.
those in favor and those opposed ;
the pros and the cons ;
the advantages and the disadvantages .
--
Jane Austen .
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