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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Spanner :: Spanner (n.) A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Out, as from a state of concealment, retirement, confinement, nondevelopment, or the like; out into notice or view; as, the plants in spring put forth leaves..
Re-creation :: Re-creation (n.) A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
Impound :: Impound (v. t.) To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound a document for safe keeping..
Chevrette :: Chevrette (n.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.
Metacetone :: Metacetone (n.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone..
Homer :: Homer (n.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
Fornication :: Fornication (n.) Adultery.
Lordly :: Lordly (superl.) Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable..
Sympathetic :: Symmetry (n.) Likeness in the form and size of floral organs of the same kind; regularity.
Pompano :: Pompano (n.) A California harvest fish (Stromateus simillimus), highly valued as a food fish..
Hobit :: Hobit (n.) A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer..
Projectile :: Projectile (a.) Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward; as, projectile motion..
Hopple :: Hopple (n.) A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural..
Ravehook :: Ravehook (n.) A tool, hooked at the end, for enlarging or clearing seams for the reception of oakum..
Actinometry :: Actinometry (n.) The measurement of the force of solar radiation.
Steward :: Steward (n.) In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students..
Gastrulation :: Gastrulation (n.) The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed..
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable..
T''other :: T'other () A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2..
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