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for- definition

for- (fôr, fər)

  1. away, apart, off forbid, forget, forgo
  2. very much, intensely forlorn

Etymology: 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

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