Definition of for

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For (prep.) 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..

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Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Not capable of being brought to do or perform, because morally strong or well disposed; -- used with reference to some evil; as, incapable of wrong, dishonesty, or falsehood..
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for..
Doomage :: Doomage (n.) A penalty or fine for neglect.
Knit :: Knit (v. i.) To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving..
Calculator :: Calculator (n.) One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects..
Oxygen :: Oxygen (n.) A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96..
Gravy :: Gravy (n.) The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up..
Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes..
Plan :: Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country..
Systematist :: Systematist (n.) One who forms a system, or reduces to system..
Pasture :: Pasture (v. t.) To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows..
Brick :: Brick (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp..
Hotchpotch :: Hotchpotch (n.) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of
Static :: Stathmograph (n.) A contrivance for recording the speed of a railway train.
Globefish :: Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon..
Fore Tooth :: Fore tooth () One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.
Phrenism :: Phrenism (n.) See Vital force, under Vital..
Desert :: Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island..
Clypeiform :: Clypeiform (a.) Shield-shaped; clypeate.
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