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Webster 1913 Edition


For-

For-

.
[AS.
for-
; akin to D. & G.
ver
-, OHG.
fir
-, Icel.
for
-, Goth.
fra
-, cf. Skr.
parā-
away, Gr. [GREEK] beside, and E.
far
, adj. Cf.
Fret
to rub.]
A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.

Definition 2024


för-

för-

See also: for, FOR, fór, fôr, för, and for-

Swedish

Prefix

för-

  1. fore-, at the front, before; related to German vor-, emphasis on 1st syllable, see also före-
  2. for-, en-, an intensifier; related to German ver-, emphasis on 2nd syllable

Derived terms

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