Definition of for

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For (prep.) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done..

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Forcipate :: Forcipate (a.) Alt. of Forcipate.
Round :: Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking..
Menaion :: Menaion (n.) A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same..
Elixir :: Elixir (n.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form..
Embryoniform :: Embryoniform (a.) Like an embryo in form.
Bedclothes :: Bedclothes (n. pl.) Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed..
Aularian :: Aularian (n.) At Oxford, England, a member of a hall, distinguished from a collegian..
Darlingtonia :: Darlingtonia (n.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves..
Preference :: Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference..
Lunatic :: Lunatic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum..
Alfilaria :: Alfilaria (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California..
Promethean :: Promethean (n.) An apparatus for automatic ignition.
Bocardo :: Bocardo (n.) A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison..
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Inconformity :: Inconformity (n.) Want of conformity; nonconformity.
Ordovician :: Ordovician (n.) The Ordovician formation.
Mute :: Mute (n.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t..
Slough :: Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat..
Conformity :: Conformity (n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between..
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