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With intention of.—Such examples ftiould be fet before 
them, as patterns for their daily imitation. Locke 
And by that joffice hart: remov’d the caufe 
Of thofe rude temperts, which, for rapine fent, 
Too oft, alas, involv’d the innocent. Waller. 
Becoming ; belonging to : 
It were not for vour quiet, nor your good. 
Nor for my manhood, honefty, and wifdom, 
To let you know my thoughts. Shakefpeare. 
Notwithftanding.—This , for any thing we know to the 
contrary, might be the felf-fame form. Hooker. —Proba¬ 
bility fuppofes that a thing may or may not be fo, for 
any thing yet certainly determined on either fide. South .— 
To the ufe of; to be ufed in.—Your underrtandings are 
not bright enough for the exercile of the higheft aits of 
of realon. Tillotfon. 
The oak for nothing ill, 
The orter good for twigs, the poplar /<?r the mill. Spenfer. 
In confequence of: 
For love they force through thickets of the w’ood. 
They climb the fteepy hills and ftem the flood. Dryden. 
In recompence of ; in return of: 
Now ,for fo many glorious actions done, 
For peace at home, and for the public wealth, 
I mean to crown a bowl for Caefar’s health ; 
Belides, in gratitude for inch high matters, 
Know I have vow’d two hundred gladiators. Dryden. 
In proportion to.—He is not very tall, yet for his years 
he’s tall. Shakefpeare. 
Exalted Socrates ! divinely brave 1 
Injur’d he fell, and dying he forgave ; 
Too noble for revenge. Dryden. 
By means of; by interpofition of.—.Moral confideration 
can no way move the fenfible appetite, were it not for 
the will. Hale. —In regard of; in prefervation of. I 
cannot for my life, is, 1 cannot if my life might be faved 
by it. 
I bid the rafeal knock upon your gate : 
But could not get him for my heart. Shakefpeare. 
For. all. Notwithftanding.—Tho’that very ingenious 
perfon has anticipated part of what I fliould fay, yet you 
will, for all that, expeft that I ftiould give you a fuller 
account. Boyle. —They refolute, for all this, do proceed 
unto that judgment. Daniel. 
For to. In the language ufed two centuries ago, for 
was commonly put before to , the fign of the infinitive 
mood, to note the final caufe. As, I come for to fee you, 
for I love to fee you : in the fame fenfe with the French 
pour. Thus it is ufed in the trandation of the Bible. 
But this diftinftion was by the beft writers fometimes 
forgotten; and for, by wrong ufe, appearing fuperfluous, 
is now always omitted.—Thefe things may ferve for to 
reprefent how juft caufe of fear this kingdom may have 
towards Spain. Bacon. 
A large pofterity 
Up to your happy palaces may mount, 
Of blerted faints for to increafe the count. Spenfer. 
FOR, conj. The word by which the reafon is introduced 
of fomething advanced before : 
Heav’n doth with us as we with torches deal, 
Not light them for themfelves ; for if our virtues 
Did not go forth of us, ’twere all alike 
As if we had them not. Shakefpeare. 
Bec.aufe ; on this account that. It is in this fenfe pro¬ 
perly followed by that , and without it is elliptical. 
This fenfe is almof obfolete. —Many excrefcences of trees 
grow chiefly where the tree is dead or faded ; for that 
the natural Cap of the tree corrupteth into fome preter¬ 
natural fubftance. Bacon. 
F O R 
Nor dwell’d his breaft with uncouth pride 
That heav’n on him above his charge had laid ; 
But, for his great Creator would the fame, 
His will increas’d ; fo fire augmenteth flame. Fairfax. 
For as muck. In regard to that : in confideration of. 
—For as much as the third is intolerable, the patient may 
be indulged the free ufe of fpaw water. Arbutknet. 
For why. Becaufe ; for this reafon that.—Solyman 
had three hundred fieldpieces ; for why, Solyman pur- 
pofing to draw the emperor into battle,' had brought no 
pieces of battery with him. Knolles.— .Wherefore : 
Retourned home the royall infant fell 
Into her former fitt; for why no powre 
Nor guidance of herfelf in her did dwell. Spenfer. 
FO'RABLE, adj. [ forabilis, Lat.] Which may be 
bored or penetrated. Bailey. 
FORADA'DA, a fmall ifland in the Mediterranean, 
near the ifland of Majorca, where the fon of the king of 
Aragon built a college, for the purpofe of inftrufting fome 
Francifcan monks in the Arabic language, to convert the 
Moors. 
To FORAGE, v.n. forts, abroad, Lat.] To wander 
far ; to rove at a diftance. Not in ufe: 
Forage, and run 
To meet with pleafure farther from the doors, 
And grapple with him ’ere he come fo nigh. Shakefpeare. 
To wander in fearch of fpoil, generally of provifions.—- 
There was a brood of young larks in the corn, and the 
dam went abroad to forage fur them. L'Ef range. 
As in a ftormy night, 
Wolves urged by their raging appetite, 
Forage for prey. Denham. 
To ravage ; to feed on fpoil : 
- His moft mighty father on a hill 
Stood fmiling,' to behold his lion’s whelp 
Forage in blood of French nobility. Shakefpeare. 
To FO'RAGE, v. a. To plunder ; to ftrip ; to fpoil.— 
The victorious Philiftines were worfted by the captived 
ark, which foraged their country more than a conquering 
army. South. 
FO'RAGE, f. [fourage, Ger. and Fr. from foris, Lat.] 
Search of provifions; the aft of feeding abroad : 
One way a band feleft from forage drives 
A herd of beeves, fair oxen, and fair kine, 
From a fat meadow ground ; or fleecy flock, 
Ewes and their bleating lambs, over the plains 
Their booty. Milton. 
Provifions fought abroad : 
Some o’er the public magazines prefide, 
And fome are fent new forage to provide. Dryden. 
Provifions in general.—Provided forage, our fpent arms 
renew’d. Dryden. 
FO'RAGER, f. Any living creature that forages: 
Down fo fmooth a flope 
The fleecy foragers will gladly browfe. Mafon. 
FORA'GIUM,/. in old records, ftraw, ftubble after 
the corn is threflied out. 
FOR ALO'NES, in the ifland of Gunra, on the coaft of 
Peru, in South America, are old walls of fome ancient 
building in the time of the Yncas, which now ferve as 
light-houfes for the (hipping which fail from Callao to 
Paita, on the South-Sea coaft. 
FORAMEN, J'. in anatomy, a name given to feveral 
apertures or perforations in divers parts ; as, i. The ex¬ 
ternal and internal foramina of the cranium orfkull. 2. 
The foramina in the upper and lower jaw. 3. Foramen 
lachrymale. 4. Foramen membranae tympani. 5 Fora¬ 
men ovale, or palLige through the heart of a foetus, which 
doles up after birth. See the article Anatomy. 
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