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  1. for-prefix

    Meaning "far", "away"; "from", "out" e.g. forbid, forget, forsay; forbear, fordeem.

  2. for-prefix

    Meaning "completely", "to the fullest extent" e.g. fordo; superseded by combinations with "up" in senses where no upward movement is involved, e.g. forgive = give up (one's offenses), forgather = "gather up", forbeat = "beat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.

  3. Etymology: From for-, vor-, from for-, fer-, fær-, fyr-, from the merger of fra- and fur-, from pro-. Cognate with for-, fer-, for-, ver-, ver-, för-, for-, for-, per-. More at for.

Webster Dictionary

  1. For-

    a prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe

  2. Etymology: [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. par- away, Gr. beside, and E. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of for- in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of for- in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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