for- en · X · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /fɔː(ɹ)/ stressed form
- /fə(ɹ)/ (unstressed)
Etymology
From Middle English for-, vor-, ver-, from Old English for-, fer-, fær-, fyr- (“far, away, completely”, prefix), from the merger of Proto-Germanic *fra- ("away, away from"; see fro, from) and Proto-Germanic *fur-, *far- (“through, completely, fully”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, *per-, *pr-. Cognate with Scots for-, West Frisian fer-, for-, Dutch ver-, German ver-, Swedish för-, Danish for-, Norwegian for-, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰- (fra-), Latin pro-. More at for.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'.
forban
forhow
forsteal
forshake
forthrow
fortake
fordrive
forloppin
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting oneself.
fortravel
forwander
forsing
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Destructively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of destruction or pain.
forthink
forhang
fordo
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Wrongly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wrongly, amorally.
forlead
forswear
forteach
forworship
forlive
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Neglectfully: prefixed to verbs with the sense of abstaining from or neglecting.
forslug
forslip
forslack
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Very: intensifying adjectives.
forblack
forswollen
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Making: prefixed to verbs to indicate the subject takes the character of the verb.
fordote
forguilt
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Excessively: prefixed to verbs with the sense of doing so in excessive or overwhelm.
forwax
forgrow
forhare
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Excluding: prefixed to verbs to give the sense of prohibition or exclusion.
forshut
forjudge
forbar
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Intensively
forlay
forbeat
fordread
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(idiomatic, morpheme) Thoroughly: prefixed to verbs with the sense of thoroughly, all over.
forseek
forbathe
forgrow
forwrap
Deriveds
forbid (terms derived from wrongly) · fordread (terms derived from intensively) · forshake (terms derived from forth) · forswunk (terms derived from exhausting) · forweary (terms derived from exhausting) · forswink (terms derived from exhausting) · forridden (terms derived from very) · forslip (terms derived from neglectfully) · forban (terms derived from forth) · forpass (terms derived from intensively) · forswearer (terms derived from wrongly) · forhold (terms derived from neglectfully) · forset (terms derived from making) · formelt (terms derived from forth) · forsay (terms derived from excluding) · forthink (terms derived from destructively) · forhang (terms derived from destructively) · forhungered (terms derived from very) · fordote (terms derived from making) · forgrow (terms derived from excessively) · forsleep (terms derived from neglectfully) · forsing (terms derived from exhausting) · forshut (terms derived from excluding) · forblack (terms derived from very) · forhare (terms derived from excessively) · forwork (terms derived from wrongly) · forbear (terms derived from forth) · forget (terms derived from neglectfully) · forwither (terms derived from destructively) · forwax (terms derived from excessively) · forwork (terms derived from exhausting) · forharden (terms derived from making) · forslack (terms derived from neglectfully) · forbreak (terms derived from destructively) · forswear (terms derived from wrongly) · forwound (terms derived from excessively) · forthrow (terms derived from forth) · forgo (terms derived from forth) · fordo (terms derived from forth) · forwear (terms derived from forth) · fortake (terms derived from wrongly) · fordrive (terms derived from forth) · forwalk (terms derived from excessively) · forcasten (terms derived from forth) · forlay (terms derived from intensively) · forgather (terms derived from forth) · forwaste (terms derived from excessively) · fordull (terms derived from making) · forsake (terms derived from neglectfully) · fordone (terms derived from exhausting) · forswonk (terms derived from exhausting) · forslow (terms derived from neglectfully) · fordrench (terms derived from making) · forfaint (terms derived from very) · forswollen (terms derived from very) · forseek (terms derived from thoroughly) · fordo (terms derived from destructively) · forhow (terms derived from neglectfully) · foretossed (terms derived from destructively) · forslug (terms derived from neglectfully) · forbode (terms derived from wrongly) · forwall (terms derived from destructively) · forirk (terms derived from exhausting) · fortake (terms derived from forth) · forweary (terms derived from very) · forworth (terms derived from destructively) · forgive (terms derived from forth) · forbleed (terms derived from exhausting) · fordo (terms derived from exhausting) · forwake (terms derived from exhausting) · forcleave (terms derived from destructively) · forshame (terms derived from making) · forteach (terms derived from wrongly) · forlive (terms derived from wrongly) · forjudge (terms derived from excluding) · forsteal (terms derived from forth) · forgab (terms derived from destructively) · forspent (terms derived from very) · forbid (terms derived from excluding) · fortravel (terms derived from exhausting) · forbathe (terms derived from thoroughly) · forbar (terms derived from excluding) · forguilt (terms derived from making) · forfight (terms derived from exhausting) · forseethe (terms derived from destructively) · forpine (terms derived from forth) · forlead (terms derived from wrongly) · forcast (terms derived from forth) · forlornness (terms derived from destructively) · forloppin (terms derived from forth) · fordry (terms derived from very) · forweep (terms derived from exhausting) · forworship (terms derived from wrongly) · forhow (terms derived from forth) · forwrap (terms derived from thoroughly) · forwander (terms derived from exhausting) · forold (terms derived from very) · forbeat (terms derived from forth) · forgrow (terms derived from thoroughly)