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For, ∨ As for

  • so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; used parenthetically or independently. See under As.
    As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Josh. xxiv. 15.
    For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. Dryden.
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For all that

  • notwithstanding; in spite of.
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For all the world

  • adverb under any circumstances
    for love or money; for anything; for any price.
    • she wouldn't give up her pets for love or money
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  • wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." Shak.
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For as much as, ∨ Forasmuch as

  • in consideration that; seeing that; since.
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For because

  • because. Obs. "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia).
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For by

  • . See Forby, adv.
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For ever

  • eternally; at all times. See Forever.
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For me, ∨ For all me

  • as far as regards me.
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For my life, ∨ For the life of me

  • if my life depended on it. Colloq. T. Hook.
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For that, For the reason that

  • because; since. Obs. "For that I love your daughter." Shak.
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For thy, ∨ Forthy

  • AS. for, for this; on this account. Obs. "Thomalin, have no care for thy." Spenser.
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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.
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For why

  • . (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. Obs. (b) Because. Obs. See Forwhy.
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O for

  • would that I had; may there be granted; elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." Shak.
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The fors and against

  • . those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages.
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Were it not for, ∨ 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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