Found 1 items, similar to For-.
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Definition: For-
For-
\For-\ [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel.
for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. par[=a]- away, Gr. ? 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.
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