For
321. The chief meanings of for are as follows:--
(1) _Motion towards_ a place, or a tendency or action toward the
attainment of any object.
Pioneers who were opening the way _for_ the march of the
nation.--COOPER.
She saw the boat headed _for_ her.--WARNER.
(2) _In favor of_, _for the benefit of_, _in behalf of_, a person or
thing.
He and they were _for_ immediate attack.--PARKMAN
The people were then against us; they are now _for_ us.--W.L.
GARRISON.
(3) _Duration of time_, or _extent of space_.
_For_ a long time the disreputable element outshone the
virtuous.--H.H. BANCROFT.
He could overlook all the country _for_ many a mile of rich
woodland.--IRVING.
(4) _Substitution_ or _exchange_.
There are gains _for_ all our losses.--STODDARD.
Thus did the Spaniards make bloody atonement _for_ the butchery
of Fort Caroline.--PARKMAN.
(5) _Reference_, meaning _with regard to_, _as to_, _respecting_, etc.
_For_ the rest, the Colonna motto would fit you best.--EMERSON.
_For_ him, poor fellow, he repented of his folly.--E.E. HALE
This is very common with _as_--_as for_ me, etc.
(6) Like _as_, meaning _in the character of_, _as being_, etc.
"Nay, if your worship can accomplish that," answered Master
Brackett, "I shall own you _for_ a man of skill indeed!"
--HAWTHORNE.
Wavering whether he should put his son to death _for_ an
unnatural monster.--LAMB.
(7) _Concession_, meaning _although_, _considering that_ etc.
"_For_ a fool," said the Lady of Lochleven, "thou hast counseled
wisely."--SCOTT
By my faith, that is a very plump hand _for_ a man of
eighty-four!--PARTON.
(8) Meaning _notwithstanding_, or _in spite of_.
But the Colonel, _for_ all his title, had a forest of poor
relations.--HOLMES.
Still, _for_ all slips of hers,
One of Eve's family.--HOOD.
(9) _Motive, cause, reason, incitement to action._
The twilight being...hardly more wholesome _for_ its glittering
mists of midge companies.--RUSKIN.
An Arab woman, but a few sunsets since, ate her child, _for_
famine.--_Id._
Here Satouriona forgot his dignity, and leaped _for_
joy.--PARKMAN.
(10) _For_ with its object preceding the infinitive, and having the
same meaning as a noun clause, as shown by this sentence:--
It is by no means necessary _that he should devote his whole
school existence to physical science_; nay, more, it is not
necessary for _him to give up more than a moderate share of his
time to such studies_.--HUXLEY.
Exercise.--
Find sentences with five meanings of _for_.
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