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| a prefix meaning “away,” “off,” “to the uttermost,” “extremely,” “wrongly,” or imparting a negative or privative force, occurring in verbs and nouns formed from verbs of Old or Middle English origin, many of which are now obsolete or archaic: forbid; forbear; forswear; forbearance. |
[Origin: ME, OE; cf. G ver-, Gk peri-, L per-
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pref. Completely; excessively, especially with destructive or detrimental effect: forworn. [Middle English, from Old English; see per1 in Indo-European roots.] |
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For-\ [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. par[=a]- away, Gr. ? beside, and E. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub.] A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.
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