Homophones
Freq #71342
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adv
· formal, especially legal:...
for itfor that
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in return
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Etymology
A compound of there, in its older demonstrative sense 'that,' + for. Unlike therefore, which means 'for that reason' and signals a conclusion, therefor usually means 'for that or for it' and survives chiefly in formal and legal prose.