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.
Aristotle is for poetical justice.
Dennis.
4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or
the point toward which motion is made; &?;ntending to go to.
We sailed from Peru for China and Japan.
Bacon.
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.
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.
6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is
regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
We take a falling meteor for a star.
Cowley.
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.
Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried- up English poet
for their model.
Dryden.
But let her go for an ungrateful woman.
Philips.
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.
The writer will do what she please for all me.
Spectator.
God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute
supervene.
Dr. H. More.
For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a
contrivance to fright us.
Swift.
8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state
extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
For many miles about There 's scarce a bush.
Shak.
Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.
prior.
To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
Garth.
9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which,
anything is done. [Obs.]
We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.
Beau. & Fl.
For, or 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.
-- 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&?;&?;.], 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.
For (?), conj. 1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old
English, the reason of anything.
And for of long that way had walkÈd none, The vault was hid with
plants and bushes hoar.
Fairfax.
And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your
serious and great business scant, For she with me.
Shak.
2. 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.
Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth
forever.
Ps. cxxxvi. 1.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for
themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all
alike As if we had them not.
Shak.
For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by
their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). -- For why. (a) Why; for
that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.
Syn. -- See Because.
For, n. One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side;
that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis
of against, and commonly used in connection with it.
The fors and against. those in favor and those opposed; the pros and
the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.
For"age (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre,
fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand,
origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.] 1.
The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
Shak.
One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair
oxen and fair kine.
Milton.
Mawhood completed his forage unmolested.
Marshall.
2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as
grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden.
Forage cap. See under Cap. -- Forage master (Mil.), a person charged
with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.
For"age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging (?).]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for
horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to
feed on spoil.
His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's
whelp Forage in blood of French nobility.
Shak.
Foraging ant (Zoˆl.), one of several species of ants of the genus
Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in
vast armies in search of food. -- Foraging cap, a forage cap. --
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
For"age (?), v. t. To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as,
to forage steeds. Pope.
For"a*ger (?), n. One who forages.
For"a*lite (?), n. [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.) A tubelike
marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.
||Fo*ra"men (?), n.; pl. L. Foramina (#), E. Foramines (#). [L., fr.
||forare to bore, pierce.] A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a
||fenestra.
Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third
ventricle of the brain. -- Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening
connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the
peritoneum.
Fo*ram"i*na`ted (?), a. [L. foraminatus.] Having small opening, or
foramina.
For`a*min"i*fer (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Foraminifera.
||Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a
||foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoˆl.) An extensive order of rhizopods
||which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several
||united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name.
||Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
Fo*ram`i*nif"er*ous (?), a. 1. Having small openings, or foramina.