Forthy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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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;
        ?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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forthy \For*thy"\, adv. [AS. for[eth][=y]; for, prep. +
     [eth][=y], instrumental neut. of se, se['o], [eth][ae]t,
     pron. demonstrative and article. See {The}.]
     Therefore. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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