Chapter Footstone to Forbid of F by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.

For many miles about
There 's scarce a bush.

Shak.

Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing.

prior.

To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.

Garth.

9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.]

We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.

Beau. & Fl.

For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; — used parenthetically or independently. See under As.

As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Josh. xxiv. 15.

For me, my stormy voyage at an end,
I to the port of death securely tend.

Dryden.

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For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of. — For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." Shak. — For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that; seeing that; since. — For by. See Forby, adv. — For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever. — For me, or For all me, as far as regards me. — For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] T. Hook. — For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.] "For that I love your daughter." Shak. — For thy, or Forthy[AS. for.], for this; on this account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy." Spenser. — For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] — "What went ye out for to see?" Luke vii. 25. See To, prep., 4. — O for, would that I had; may there be granted; — elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." Shak. — Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will." Sir M. Hale.

For
(For) conj.

1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.

And for of long that way had walkéd none,
The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar.

Fairfax.

And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think
I will your serious and great business scant,
For she with me.

Shak.

2. Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before.

Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever.

Ps. cxxxvi. 1.

Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike
As if we had them not.

Shak.

For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson — For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.

Syn. — See Because.