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ALL meanings of for-

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  • prefix for- (no longer productive) Meaning "far", "away"; "from", "out" e.g. forbid, forget, forsay; forbear, fordeem. 0
  • prefix for- (no longer productive) Meaning "completely", "to the fullest extent" e.g. fordo; superseded by combinations with "up" in senses where no upward movement is involved, e.g. forgive = give up (one's offenses), forgather = "gather up", forbeat = "beat up", etc. 0
  • prefix for- (dialectal) Very; excessively. 0
  • prefix for- indicating rejection or prohibition 0
  • prefix for- indicating falsity or wrongness 0
  • prefix for- used to give intensive force 0
  • noun for- away, apart, off 0
  • noun for- very much, intensely 0
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