Definition of for

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For (conj.) Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before..

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Lent :: Lent (n.) A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior..
Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..
Outwell :: Outwell (v. i.) To issue forth.
Cast :: Cast (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
Penalty :: Penalty (n.) The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine..
Livery :: Livery (n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc..
Reforestization :: Reforestization (n.) The act or process of reforestizing.
Rhabdom :: Rhabdom (n.) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinulae in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium..
Pole :: Pole (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle..
Extortion :: Extortion (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.
Fairway :: Fairway (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels..
#NAME? :: -ite () A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous; as, sulphite, from sulphurous; nitrite, from nitrous acid, etc..
Reis :: Reis (n.) A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship..
Bedpan :: Bedpan (n.) A pan for warming beds.
Rivet :: Rivet (v. t.) To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head..
Purloin :: Purloin (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch..
Esculent :: Esculent (a.) Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish..
Beccafico :: Beccafico (n.) A small bird. (Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it has fed on figs, grapes, etc..
Praemunire :: Praemunire (n.) The penalty ascribed for the offense of praemunire.
Lancet :: Lancet (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
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