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: F F. Fa Fb Fc Fd Fe Fh Fi Fj Fl Fm Fn Fo Fp Fr Fs Ft Fu Fw Fy
for the asking | for the first time | for the moment | for the most part | for the time being | for- | forage | forager | foraging | foralite | foram

for-

CIDE DICTIONARY

for-,  [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. parā- away, Gr. beside, and E. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

for-, prefix forming verbs and their derivatives meaning:
1 away, off, apart (forget; forgive).
2 prohibition (forbid).
3 abstention or neglect (forgo; forsake).
4 excess or intensity (forlorn).

Etymology
OE for-, f{aelig}r-

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