THE ADVERB "FOR".

71. The adverb "for", away, may be used independently, as "Li iris

for de mi", he went away from me, but it is more frequently used as a

prefix to give a sense of departure, loss or somewhat forcible removal:

foriri = to go away, to depart.

forkuri = to run away, to escape.

forlasi = to leave alone, to abandon, to desert.

formangxi = to eat away, to eat up.

forpreni = to take away, to remove.

fortrinki = to drink away, to drink up.

[Footnote: Cf. the prefix "for-" in English "forfend," to keep away,

to avert, "forbid," to exclude from, to command against, "forbear," to

refrain from, etc.]

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