Definition of for

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For (prep.) Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.

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Enterotome :: Enterotome (n.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations..
Tramontane :: Tramontane (a.) Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous..
Crush :: Crush (v. i.) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily..
Dodo :: Dodo (n.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons..
Ento- :: Ento- () A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast..
Convene :: Convene (v. i.) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble..
Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. i.) To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.
Firstly :: Firstly (adv.) In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.
Hew :: Hew (n.) Shape; form.
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) A statement in terms of a truth to be demonstrated, or of an operation to be performed..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.
Paleocrystic :: Paleocrystic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation..
Corallian :: Corallian (n.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oolite; -- called also coral-rag.
Thibet Cloth :: Thibet cloth () A kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc..
Black Monday :: Black Monday () Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold..
Goad :: Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate..
Ovate-acuminate :: Ovate-acuminate (a.) Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point..
Trivalent :: Trivalent (a.) Having a valence of three; capable of being combined with, substituted for, or compared with, three atoms of hydrogen; -- said of triad atoms or radicals; thus, nitrogen is trivalent in ammonia..
Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession..
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