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