Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also
loss ,detriment , ordestruction , and sometimes it is intensive, meaningutterly ,quite thoroughly , as infor bathe.
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- prefix no longer productive Meaning "
far ", "away "; "from ", "out " e.g.forbid ,forget ,forsay ;forbear ,fordeem . - prefix no longer productive Meaning "completely", "to the fullest extent" e.g.
fordo ; superseded by combinations with "up " in senses where no upward movement is involved, e.g.forgive = give up (one's offenses),forgather = "gather up",forbeat = "beat up", etc. - prefix dialectal
Very ;excessively .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although I was looking at all of the stained-glass windows above me in awe, there was one in particular I was looking for- the "Space Window", which I had read contained an actual moon rock brought back by the Apollo 11 mission.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Space History in DC: The Space Window Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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Although I was looking at all of the stained-glass windows above me in awe, there was one in particular I was looking for- the "Space Window", which I had read contained an actual moon rock brought back by the Apollo 11 mission.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Space History in DC: The Space Window Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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Of course, Stanley's wife, Ellie Joan Bennett, wants Kay to have the elaborate nuptials she never did, so Stanley finds himself accosted by the exhausting, never-ending business of planning-and paying for- a wedding.
John Farr: Elizabeth Taylor: Star John Farr 2011
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Of course, Stanley's wife, Ellie Joan Bennett, wants Kay to have the elaborate nuptials she never did, so Stanley finds himself accosted by the exhausting, never-ending business of planning-and paying for- a wedding.
John Farr: Elizabeth Taylor: Star John Farr 2011
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As the afterglow of the 36 hour Obama social media blitz wears off, Brazilians need to ask themselves just how much they want to adopt- and pay the price for- the US style business-to-business lifestyle and economic model that he was selling.
Eric Ehrmann: Brazil Unions Flex Muscles as Obama Afterglow Fades Eric Ehrmann 2011
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Although I was looking at all of the stained-glass windows above me in awe, there was one in particular I was looking for- the "Space Window", which I had read contained an actual moon rock brought back by the Apollo 11 mission.
Zoe P. Strassfield: Space History in DC: The Space Window Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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As the afterglow of the 36 hour Obama social media blitz wears off, Brazilians need to ask themselves just how much they want to adopt- and pay the price for- the US style business-to-business lifestyle and economic model that he was selling.
Eric Ehrmann: Brazil Unions Flex Muscles as Obama Afterglow Fades Eric Ehrmann 2011
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And in desperation, Zoran managed to slam his head for- ward against the hilt of the dagger, driving it in even deeper.
Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997
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And in desperation, Zoran managed to slam his head for- ward against the hilt of the dagger, driving it in even deeper.
Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997
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And in desperation, Zoran managed to slam his head for- ward against the hilt of the dagger, driving it in even deeper.
Star Trek® New Frontier Peter David 1997
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