Definition of for

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For (conj.) 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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Three-square :: Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.
Flat :: Flat (adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest.
Leave :: Leave (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish..
Bagreef :: Bagreef (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails..
Mine :: Mine (v. t.) To dig into, for ore or metal..
Playtime :: Playtime (n.) Time for play or diversion.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
Unmeet :: Unmeet (a.) Not meet or fit; not proper; unbecoming; unsuitable; -- usually followed by for.
Octogild :: Octogild (n.) A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing..
Well :: Well (a.) Good in condition or circumstances; desirable, either in a natural or moral sense; fortunate; convenient; advantageous; happy; as, it is well for the country that the crops did not fail; it is well that the mistake was discovered..
Justle :: Justle (v. t.) To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle.
Fortuity :: Fortuity (n.) Accident; chance; casualty.
Able :: Able (a.) To vouch for.
Fifteenth :: Fifteenth (n.) A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Deserted; abandoned; lost.
Sentimental :: Sentimental (a.) Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.
Firkin :: Firkin (n.) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc..
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Interrogate :: Interrogate (v. t.) To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness..
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