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fora
(encz) | fora, |
Fora
(gcide) | Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. Forums, L. Fora. [L.; akin to
foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.]
1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were
judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
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2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and
decide causes.
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He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the
senate than in the forum. --Brougham.
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fora
(foldoc) | forum
fora
topic group
(Plural "fora" or "forums") Any discussion group
accessible through a dial-in BBS (e.g. GEnie, CI$), a
mailing list, or a Usenet newsgroup (see {network,
the}). A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users
submit postings for all to read and discussion ensues.
Contrast real-time chat or point-to-point personal e-mail.
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fora
(jargon) | fora
pl.n.
Plural of forum.
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freeforall
(mass) | free-for-all
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forage
(encz) | forage,hledat potravu v: Pinoforage,krmivo n: Zdeněk Brožforage,shánět v: Zdeněk Brož |
foraged
(encz) | foraged, |
forager
(encz) | forager, |
foraging
(encz) | foraging,hledání potravy n: Pino |
foram
(encz) | foram, n: |
foramen
(encz) | foramen,otvor n: Zdeněk Brož |
foramen magnum
(encz) | foramen magnum,týlní otvor n: [med.] Jirka Daněk |
foramen of monro
(encz) | foramen of Monro, n: |
foraminifer
(encz) | foraminifer, n: |
foray
(encz) | foray,nájezd Martin M. |
foray into
(encz) | foray into, v: |
imperforate
(encz) | imperforate, adj: |
imperforate anus
(encz) | imperforate anus, n: |
imperforate hymen
(encz) | imperforate hymen, n: |
interventricular foramen
(encz) | interventricular foramen, n: |
order foraminifera
(encz) | order Foraminifera, n: |
perforate
(encz) | perforate,děrovat v: Nijelperforate,perforovat v: Nijelperforate,prorazit v: Nijelperforate,provrtat v: Nijel |
perforated
(encz) | perforated,perforovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
perforated eardrum
(encz) | perforated eardrum, n: |
perforating vein
(encz) | perforating vein, n: |
perforation
(encz) | perforation,děrování n: Nijelperforation,perforace n: Nijel |
perforations
(encz) | perforations,děrování n: pl. Zdeněk Brožperforations,perforace n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
vena perforantis
(encz) | vena perforantis, n: |
amfora
(czen) | amfora,amphoran: [hist.] Ritchieamfora,pitchern: Zdeněk Brož |
anafora
(czen) | anafora,anaphoran: Zdeněk Brož |
epifora
(czen) | epifora,epiphora Zdeněk Brož |
metafora
(czen) | metafora,metaphorn: Zdeněk Brož |
perforace
(czen) | perforace,perforationn: Nijelperforace,perforationsn: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
anterior condylar foramen
(gcide) | Condylar \Con"dy*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a condyle.
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Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle
of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the {anterior
condylar foramen} when a second, or posterior, foramen is
present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.
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Biforate
(gcide) | Biforate \Bif"o*rate\, a. [L. bis twice + foratus, p. p. of
forare to bore or pierce.] (Bot.)
Having two perforations.
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Circumforanean
(gcide) | Circumforanean \Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an\, Circumforaneous
\Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. circumforaneus found in markets;
circum + forum a market place.]
Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to
house. --Addison.
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Circumforaneous
(gcide) | Circumforanean \Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an\, Circumforaneous
\Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. circumforaneus found in markets;
circum + forum a market place.]
Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to
house. --Addison.
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Condylar foramen
(gcide) | Condylar \Con"dy*lar\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a condyle.
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Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle
of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the {anterior
condylar foramen} when a second, or posterior, foramen is
present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.
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Extraforaneous
(gcide) | Extraforaneous \Ex`tra*fo*ra"ne*ous\, a. [Pref. extra- + L.
foras out of doors.]
Pertaining to that which is out of doors. "Extraforaneous
occupations." --Cowper.
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Fora
(gcide) | Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. Forums, L. Fora. [L.; akin to
foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.]
1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were
judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
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2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and
decide causes.
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He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the
senate than in the forum. --Brougham.
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Forage
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak.
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Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
[1913 Webster]Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
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He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
--Shak.
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One way a band select from forage drives
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
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Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.
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2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.
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Forage cap. See under Cap.
Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing
forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
[1913 Webster]Forage \For"age\, v. t.
To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage
steeds. --Pope.
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Forage cap
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
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He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
--Shak.
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One way a band select from forage drives
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
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Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.
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2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.
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Forage cap. See under Cap.
Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing
forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
[1913 Webster]Cap \Cap\ (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape,
hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as
Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi
totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape,
and cf. 1st Cope.]
1. A covering for the head; esp.
(a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men
and boys;
(b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants;
(c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office,
or dignity, as that of a cardinal.
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2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.
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Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak.
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3. A respectful uncovering of the head.
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He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks.
--Fuller.
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4. (Zool.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base
of the bill to the nape of the neck.
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5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as:
(a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as,
the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping,
cornice, lintel, or plate.
(b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for
protection or ornament.
(c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining
spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and
the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the
end of a rope.
(d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.
(e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box.
(f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex
surface.
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6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap;
legal cap.
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Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep
the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.
Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty.
Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings
of England at the coronation. It is also carried before
the mayors of some cities.
Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the
death of the fox.
Cap paper.
(a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap,
and legal cap.
(b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold
commodities.
Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore,
generally of barren vein material.
Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.
Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer
of soldier.
Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use
of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at
the top or "narrow edge."
To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.
To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with
a view to marriage. [Colloq.]
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Forage master
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\ (?; 48), n. [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr.
forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum,
fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G.
futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]
1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
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He [the lion] from forage will incline to play.
--Shak.
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One way a band select from forage drives
A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton.
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Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. --Marshall.
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2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and
cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. --Dryden.
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Forage cap. See under Cap.
Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing
forage and the means of transporting it. --Farrow.
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Foraged
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak.
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Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
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Forager
(gcide) | Forager \For"a*ger\, n.
One who forages.
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Foraging
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak.
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Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
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Foraging ant
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak.
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Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
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Foraging cap
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak.
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Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
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Foraging party
(gcide) | Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foraging.]
To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp.
forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the
country; to ravage; to feed on spoil.
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His most mighty father on a hill
Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp
Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak.
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Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the
genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America,
remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food.
Foraging cap, a forage cap.
Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.
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Foralite
(gcide) | Foralite \For"a*lite\, n. [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.)
A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.
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Foramen
(gcide) | Foramen \Fo*ra"men\, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
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Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
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Foramen of Monro
(gcide) | Foramen \Fo*ra"men\, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
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Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
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Foramen of Winslow
(gcide) | Foramen \Fo*ra"men\, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
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Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
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Foramina
(gcide) | Foramen \Fo*ra"men\, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
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Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
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Foraminated
(gcide) | Foraminated \Fo*ram"i*na`ted\, a. [L. foraminatus.]
Having small opening, or foramina.
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Foramines
(gcide) | Foramen \Fo*ra"men\, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. [L.,
fr. forare to bore, pierce.]
A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra.
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Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral
into the third ventricle of the brain.
Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac
of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.
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Foraminifer
(gcide) | Foraminifer \For`a*min"i*fer\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Foraminifera.
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Foraminifera
(gcide) | Foraminifera \Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. foramen,
-aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zool.)
An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a
chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids.
Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some
species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.
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Foraminiferous
(gcide) | Foraminiferous \Fo*ram`i*nif"er*ous\, a.
1. Having small openings, or foramina.
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2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as,
foraminiferous mud.
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Foraminous
(gcide) | Foraminous \Fo*ram"i*nous\, a. [L. foraminosus.]
Having foramina; full of holes; porous. --Bacon.
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Forasmuch
(gcide) | Forasmuch \For`as*much"\, conj.
In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; --
followed by as. See under For, prep.
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Forasmuch as
(gcide) | For \For\, prep. [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D.
voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. f["u]r, Icel. fyrir,
Sw. f["o]r, Dan. for, adv. f["o]r, Goth. fa['u]r, fa['u]ra,
L. pro, Gr. ?, Skr. pra-. [root] 202. Cf. Fore, First,
Foremost, Forth, Pro-.]
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration
of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done
or takes place.
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1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action;
the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an
act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of
which a thing is or is done.
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With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. --Shak.
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How to choose dogs for scent or speed. --Waller.
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Now, for so many glorious actions done,
For peace at home, and for the public wealth,
I mean to crown a bowl for C[ae]sar's health.
--Dryden.
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That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to
crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness
of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to
grant. --Hooker.
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2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the
end or final cause with reference to which anything is,
acts, serves, or is done.
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The oak for nothing ill,
The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill.
--Spenser.
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It was young counsel for the persons, and violent
counsel for the matters. --Bacon.
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Shall I think the worls was made for one,
And men are born for kings, as beasts for men,
Not for protection, but to be devoured? --Dryden.
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For he writes not for money, nor for praise.
--Denham.
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3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which,
anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of;
on the side of; -- opposed to against.
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We can do nothing against the truth, but for the
truth. --2 Cor. xiii.
8.
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It is for the general good of human society, and
consequently of particular persons, to be true and
just; and it is for men's health to be temperate.
--Tillotson.
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Aristotle is for poetical justice. --Dennis.
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4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is
directed, or the point toward which motion is made;
?ntending to go to.
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We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. --Bacon.
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5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything
acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an
equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or
made; instead of, or place of.
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And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give
life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
for hand, foot for foot. --Ex. xxi. 23,
24.
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6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which
anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
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We take a falling meteor for a star. --Cowley.
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If a man can be fully assured of anything for a
truth, without having examined, what is there that
he may not embrace for tru?? --Locke.
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Most of our ingenious young men take up some
cried-up English poet for their model. --Dryden.
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But let her go for an ungrateful woman. --Philips.
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7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls
in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which
anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to
notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by
all, aught, anything, etc.
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The writer will do what she please for all me.
--Spectator.
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God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next
minute supervene. --Dr. H. More.
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For anything that legally appears to the contrary,
it may be a contrivance to fright us. --Swift.
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8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or
state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or
time of.
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For many miles about
There 's scarce a bush. --Shak.
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Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.
--prior.
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To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
--Garth.
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9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of
which, anything is done. [Obs.]
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We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.
--Beau. & Fl.
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For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with
reference to; -- used parenthetically or independently.
See under As.
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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
--Josh. xxiv.
15.
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For me, my stormy voyage at an end,
I to the port of death securely tend. --Dryden.
For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of.
For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for
all the world, like cutlers' poetry." --Shak.
For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that;
seeing that; since.
For by. See Forby, adv.
For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever.
For me, or For all me, as far as regards me.
For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended
on it. [Colloq.] --T. Hook.
For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.]
"For that I love your daughter." --Shak.
For thy, or Forthy [AS. for[eth][=y].], for this; on this
account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy."
--Spenser.
For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of.
[Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] --
"What went ye out for to see?" --Luke vii. 25. See To,
prep., 4.
O for, would that I had; may there be granted; --
elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of
fire." --Shak.
Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of
account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral
consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were
it not for the will." --Sir M. Hale.
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Foray
(gcide) | Foray \For"ay\ (f[o^]r"[asl] or f[-o]*r[=a]"; 277), n. [Another
form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any
irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. --Spenser.
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The huge Earl Doorm, . . .
Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Foray \For"ay\, v. t.
To pillage; to ravage.
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He might foray our lands. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Forayer
(gcide) | Forayer \For"ay*er\ (? or ?), n.
One who makes or joins in a foray.
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They might not choose the lowland road,
For the Merse forayers were abroad. --Sir W.
Scott.
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free-for-all
(gcide) | free-for-all \free-for-all\ n.
1. a noisy and disordered fight conducted without rules.
Syn: brawl.
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2. Hence: Any vigorous competition in which anyone can
compete, with few or no rules, and in which the winner is
unpredictable; as, when they began to distribute the free
food, the orderly line of hungry recipients degenerated
into a free-for-all.
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Imperforable
(gcide) | Imperforable \Im*per"fo*ra*ble\, a. [See Imperforate.]
Incapable of being perforated, or bored through.
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Imperforata
(gcide) | Imperforata \Im*per"fo*ra"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Imperforate.]
(Zool.)
A division of Foraminifera, including those in which the
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Imperforate
(gcide) | Imperforate \Im*per"fo*rate\, Imperforated \Im*per"fo*ra"ted\,
a. [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to
perforate. See Perforate.]
Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. --Sir J.
Banks.
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Imperforated
(gcide) | Imperforate \Im*per"fo*rate\, Imperforated \Im*per"fo*ra"ted\,
a. [L. pref. im- not + perforatus, p. p. of perforate to
perforate. See Perforate.]
Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. --Sir J.
Banks.
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Imperforation
(gcide) | Imperforation \Im*per`fo*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. imperforation.]
The state of being without perforation.
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Obturator foramen
(gcide) | Obturator \Ob"tu*ra`tor\, a. (Anat.)
Serving as an obturator; closing an opening; pertaining to,
or in the region of, the obturator foramen; as, the obturator
nerve.
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Obturator foramen (Anat.), an opening situated between the
public and ischial parts of the innominate bone and closed
by the obturator membrane; the thyroid foramen.
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Perforata
(gcide) | Perforata \Per`fo*ra"ta\ (p[~e]r`f[-o]*r[=a]"t[.a]), n. pl. [NL.
See Perforate.] (Zool.)
(a) A division of corals including those that have a
porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed
to Aporosa.
(b) A division of Foraminifera, including those having
perforated shells.
[1913 Webster]Aporosa \Ap`o*ro"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Aporia.]
(Zool.)
A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; --
opposed to Perforata.
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