For Definition
- in pursuance of
- on the part of
- in-the-name-of
- on-behalf-of
- in honor of
- in furtherance of
- in consideration of
- in contemplation of
- for-the-sake-of
- with-a-view-to
- notwithstanding
- beneficial to
- conducive to
- with-regard-to
- with-respect-to
Origin of For
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From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, on account of, for the sake of, through, because of, owing to, from, by reason of, as to, in order to”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *peri- (“around”). Cognate with West Frisian for, foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”), Ancient Greek περί (peri, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).
From Wiktionary
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ME < OE, replacing fer-, fær- (akin to Ger ver- < IE base *per-, as in for) & < OFr for- (as in forfeit) < L foris, beyond, from without
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English per1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English per1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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