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alderliefest
alderliefest adj. 
/ˈɒldəliːfᵻst/, /ˈɑldərˌlifᵻst/ dearest of all, most dear.Common as a personal epithet in Elizabethan literature.
Brit. /ˈɔːldəliːfᵻst/
, /ˈɔːldəliːfᵻst//ˈɒldəliːfᵻst/U.S. /ˈɔldərˌlifᵻst/
, /ˈɔldərˌlifᵻst//ˈɑldərˌlifᵻst/ΚΠ
c1175 (?OE) Instr. for Christians 178 in Anglia (1964) 82 16 Þæt her monnum þince mæst earfeðu þæt him bið on ende ealra leofest.]
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 239 Myn alderleuest [?a1425 Harl. alther levest] lord and broþer dere.
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 576 Myn alderleuest lady dere, So wommanly.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xv/1 Our alther lieuest vncles.
1587 G. Gascoigne Wks. 163 To mine Alderlieuest Lord I must indite a wofull case.
1590 T. Watson Eglogue vpon Death Walsingham 386 Thou, Spencer, art the alderliefest swaine.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 24 + 5 Mine Alder liefest Soueraigne. View more context for this quotation
1813 J. Fitchett King Alfred III. xxiv. 503 Sea-King, our alder-liefest admiral, Under your conduct, we are sure, our trust Is safe.
1913 A. C. Laut New Dawn iii. xx. 311 When we face our Calvary, the best-beloved, the alder-liefest, of eternal destiny are hidden by the enshrouding darkness.
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- for the shits and grins
- for the soul of me
- for the state of
- for the taking
- for the time
- for the time being
- for the time during
- for the use of
- for the very nonce
- for the want of
- for the want of a nail
- for the want of prosecution
- for the wealth of one's soul
- for the wealth of soul
- for the well of
- for the whistling
- for the worse
- for thee
- for this
- for this intent
- for this present
- for three lives
- for till
- for time
- for time being