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1962 short story collection by Ray Bradbury
R is for Rocket (1962) is a short story collection by American writer Ray Bradbury, compiled for Young Adult library sections. It contains fifteen stories
R_Is_for_Rocket
2025 studio album by Rocket
R Is for Rocket is the debut studio album by American rock band Rocket. It was released on October 3, 2025, via Transgressive in LP, cassette, CD and digital
R_Is_for_Rocket_(album)
Family of space launch vehicles developed by the Soviet Union (later Russia)
The R-7 (Russian: Р-7) rocket family is a series of launch vehicles descended from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, developed in the 1950s as the world's first
R-7_(rocket_family)
American rock band (formed 2021)
released their debut full-length album, R Is for Rocket. They are currently signed to Transgressive Records. Rocket's music has been cited as being reminiscent
Rocket_(band)
American launch vehicle manufacturer
Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Long Beach, California. Relativity Space is developing launch vehicles, rocket engines
Relativity_Space
Tactical ballistic missile
The R-1 rocket (NATO reporting name SS-1 Scunner, Soviet code name SA11, GRAU index 8A11) was a tactical ballistic missile, the first manufactured in the
R-1_(missile)
Theatre ballistic missile
1967, superseded by the R-12. In 1958, R-5A rockets were used to launch pairs of dogs to altitudes above 450 km (280 mi). The R-5 was a single-stage Medium
R-5_Pobeda
Family of Soviet rockets developed by the OKB-586 bureau
The R-56 were five proposed rockets developed by the OKB-586 design bureau under Mikhail Yangel. No formal terms for the five different designs have been
R-56_(rocket)
First Intercontinental ballistic missile
basis for the R-7 rocket family, it was adapted into the world's first orbital launch vehicle, Sputnik, and the crewed orbital launch vehicles Vostok. R-7
R-7_Semyorka
Mathematical equation describing the motion of a rocket
The classical rocket equation, Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation is a mathematical equation that describes the motion of vehicles
Tsiolkovsky_rocket_equation
Soviet rocket
Index 8K78, was a modification of the well-known R-7 Semyorka rocket and had four stages. The rocket was given the name Molniya due to the large number
Molniya_(rocket)
German long-range ballistic missile
The V-2 rocket (German: Vergeltungswaffe 2, lit. 'Vengeance Weapon 2'), with the development name Aggregat-4 (A4), was the world's first practical, modern
V-2_rocket
Russian and Soviet rocket family
history of spaceflight. Most Soyuz rockets are part of the R-7 rocket family, which evolved from the R-7 Semyorka, the world's first intercontinental ballistic
Soyuz_(rocket_family)
1946 short story by Ray Bradbury
"Frost and Fire" is a short story by Ray Bradbury and the fourteenth in his collection R is for Rocket. It was first published in Planet Stories (Fall
Frost_and_Fire_(short_story)
Theatre ballistic missile
R-2 entered service in numbers in 1953 and was deployed in mobile units throughout the Soviet Union until 1962. A sounding rocket derivative, the R-2A
R-2_(missile)
American public spaceflight company
Rocket Lab Corporation is a publicly traded aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider. Its Electron orbital rocket launches small satellites
Rocket_Lab
Vehicle propelled by ejection of gases
A rocket (from Italian: rocchetto, lit. ''bobbin/spool'', and so named for its shape) is an elongated flying vehicle that uses a rocket engine to accelerate
Rocket
Type of motorcycle
The Triumph Rocket 3 is a motorcycle by manufacturer Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. Like its predecessor, the Rocket III, it is characterized by an engine that
Triumph_Rocket_3
1950 science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury
"The Rocket" is a science fiction short story (initially published under the name "Outcast of the Stars") by American writer Ray Bradbury. It is also
The_Rocket_(short_story)
Topics referred to by the same term
1976 The Rockets (album), by the Los Angeles band, 1968 R Is for Rocket (album), 2025, by Rocket Rocket, 2025 mixtape by Dominic Fike "Rocket" (Beyoncé
Rocket_(disambiguation)
1951 short story by Ray Bradbury
in Bradbury's short story collections R is for Rocket and The Golden Apples of the Sun. A rocket expedition is sent to a planet to see whether or not
Here_There_Be_Tygers
Short story by Ray Bradbury
The Illustrated Man (1951), it was later included in the collections R Is for Rocket (1962), Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (2003),
The_Exiles_(Bradbury_story)
Song first recorded by Jackie Brenston with Ike Turner in 1951
"Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to
Rocket_88
Short story by Ray Bradbury
collection The Illustrated Man. It was later re-published in 1962 in R is for Rocket, again in 1980 in The Stories of Ray Bradbury, and in the 1990 omnibus
The_Long_Rain
Science museum in Huntsville, Alabama
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts
U.S._Space_&_Rocket_Center
Soviet and Russian family of space launch vehicles
Ко́смос) rockets were a series of Soviet and subsequently Russian rockets, derived from the R-12 and R-14 missiles, the best known of which is the Kosmos-3M
Kosmos_(rocket_family)
American punk rock band
debut R is for Rocket to 2010's Benefit For Cats. White Flag formed in 1982 in Sunnymead, a community in California's Inland Empire, which is now part
White_Flag_(band)
Rocket designed to take measurements during its flight
A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements
Sounding_rocket
Model of carrier rocket
the R-7 Semyorka design, part of the R-7 rocket family, which was also the basis for the Vostok and modern Soyuz rockets. The 8K72 was the first R-7 variant
Luna_(rocket)
1953 short story anthology by Ray Bradbury
in 1951. In 1990, Bantam Books collected most of the stories from R Is for Rocket (1962) and The Golden Apples of the Sun into a semi-omnibus edition
The_Golden_Apples_of_the_Sun
American actor and comedian (1949–2005)
2005), known by stage names Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and Charles Rocket, was an American actor. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, played
Charles_Rocket
Rocket launching complex of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia
been used by R-7-derived rockets since the early 1960s. As of 2025[update], both pads remain in use for the Soyuz-2.1a and Soyuz-2.1b rockets. Originally
Plesetsk_Cosmodrome_Site_43
Separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces
The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF) is a separate combat arm of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based
Strategic_Rocket_Forces
Collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury
and R is for Rocket is a semi-omnibus edition of two short story collections by Ray Bradbury: The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953) and R is for Rocket (1962)
Classic_Stories_1
1951 short story collection by Ray Bradbury
learn that a rocket is coming from Earth with white travelers, they institute a Jim Crow system of racial segregation in retaliation for how the whites
The_Illustrated_Man
Medium-range ballistic missile
(8K63U or 8K63У in Cyrillic for silo-launched version), and it was given the NATO reporting name of SS-4 Sandal. The R-12 rocket provided the Soviet Union
R-12_Dvina
Spaceport in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
operational for R-7 rockets in December 1959. The urban-type settlement of Plesetsk in Arkhangelsk Oblast had a railway station, essential for the transport
Plesetsk_Cosmodrome
Air-to-surface rocket
The Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket (FFAR), or simply Zuni, is a 5.0 in (127 mm) unguided rocket developed by the Hunter Douglas Division of Bridgeport
Zuni_(rocket)
Rocket artillery/MLRS
R-Han 122 is a family of rocket artillery developed by PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) of Indonesia with maximum speed Mach 2.95 (3,614 km/h; 2,246 mph)
R-Han_122
1966 collection of science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury
involving a world-wide befriending of children by sinister aliens. "The Man" A rocket ship lands on an isolated planet, expecting an astounded welcome. However
S_Is_for_Space
Sugar-based rocket propellant
Rocket candy, or R-Candy, is a type of rocket propellant for model rockets made with a form of sugar as a fuel, and containing an oxidizer. The propellant
Rocket_candy
Small carrier rocket
The Sputnik rocket was an uncrewed orbital carrier rocket designed by Sergei Korolev in the Soviet Union, derived from the R-7 Semyorka ICBM. On 4 October
Sputnik_(rocket)
Russian long-range air-to-air missile
Dalnosti), "Long range air-to-air rocket"), and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". It was developed from the R-33. It is designed to shoot down tankers
R-37_(missile)
American animated sports television series
Rocket Power is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó and produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation
Rocket_Power
Non-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
A rocket engine, also known as a rocket motor, is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass
Rocket_engine
1955 short story by Ray Bradbury
published by Footsteps Press in 1988. It appears in A Medicine for Melancholy (1959), R is for Rocket (1962), Classic Stories 1 (1990), and Bradbury Stories (2003)
The_Dragon_(short_story)
Russian expendable carrier rocket
the Soyuz-2 series. It is notable for omitting the four strap-on boosters common to other R-7 family rockets, making it the first R-7 variant without them
Soyuz_2.1v
Unguided man-portable recoilless antitank rocket
The bazooka (/bəˈzuːkə/) is a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely deployed by the United States Army, especially during World
Bazooka
Marquardt-built small hypergolic rocket engine
The R-4D is a small hypergolic rocket engine, originally designed by the Marquardt Corporation for use as a reaction control system thruster on vehicles
R-4D
Series of six crewed and uncrewed Soviet orbiting spacecraft
a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM and was designed for the human spaceflight programme. This family of rockets launched the
Vostok_(rocket_family)
1921 with development of solid-fuel rockets, which resulted in the development of the Katyusha rocket launcher. Rocket scientists and engineers, particularly
Soviet_rocketry
Family of sounding rockets
English) is a family of Brazilian-built sounding rockets which serves as an R&D path to the VLS (Portuguese: Veículo Lançador de Satélites) orbital rocket. Launches
Sonda_(rocket)
Soviet rocket
alphabet, 'Block B, C, D & E'. Tsyklon UR-200 R-7 Semyorka Vostok rocket Voskhod rocket Molniya rocket Soyuz rocket ASAT Encyclopedia Astronautica entry v t
Polyot_(rocket)
American artillery rocket system
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS /ˈhaɪmɑːrz/) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army and
M142_HIMARS
Type of intercontinental ballistic missile designed by the Soviet Union
system for this rocket was designed at NPO "Electropribor" (Kharkiv, Ukraine). At full deployment, before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, 308 R-36M
R-36_(missile)
Submarine-launched ballistic missile
The R-29 (Russian: Р-29) is a family of Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missiles, designed by Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. All variants use astro-inertial
R-29_(missile)
American actress (born 1995)
(born October 31, 1995) is an American actress and musician primarily known for the roles of Strawberry in the 2021 film Red Rocket and Megan Rogers in the
Suzanna_Son
Anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher
of a rocket within a launcher consisting of two tubes, one inside the other. While closed, the outer assembly serves as a watertight container for the
M72_LAW
First rockets
The first rockets were used as propulsion systems for arrows, and may have appeared as early as the 10th century in Song dynasty China. However, more
History_of_rockets
Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile
system of this rocket was designed at OKB-692 (Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR). Soviet Union The Strategic Rocket Forces were the only operator of the R-16. List of
R-16_(missile)
Secret post-WWII United States program
Steven Dorril, p. 138. Ordway, Frederick I III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team. Apogee Books Space Series 36. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.
Operation_Paperclip
Serbian aerospace engineer and space architect
pioneer of Yugoslav rocket development, his greatest achievements was the development of the R-262 rocket and the M-87 Orkan multiple rocket launcher system
Obrad_Vučurović
American Hockey League team in Laval, Quebec
The Laval Rocket (French: Rocket de Laval) are a professional ice hockey team based in Laval, Quebec. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate
Laval_Rocket
Rocket engine used on the Saturn V rocket
The F-1 is a rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne. The engine uses a gas-generator cycle developed in the United States in the late 1950s and was used
Rocketdyne_F-1
2000 single by NSYNC
before 'Deadpool and Wolverine'". Meristation. "'Bye Bye Bye': How R-rated 'Red Rocket' found its anti-scammer anthem in an 'NSync classic". Los Angeles
Bye_Bye_Bye
Two-stage small launch vehicle, 200-300 kg to LEO
Electron is a two-stage, expendable orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, a publicly traded aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider
Rocket_Lab_Electron
American 2.75-inch rocket
The Hydra 70 rocket is an American made 2.75-inch (70 mm) diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped
Hydra_70
German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
Allgemeine SS to support his rocket work. He led the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, and later of rocket and space technology in the
Wernher_von_Braun
Class of rockets used as artillery
Rocket artillery is artillery that uses rockets as the projectile. The use of rocket artillery dates back to medieval China where devices such as fire
Rocket_artillery
World War II amphibious bombardment ship
The Landing Craft Tank (Rocket) or LCT(R) was developed from the British Mk.2 and Mk.3 Landing Craft Tank (LCT) during the Second World War. It was designed
Landing_Craft_Tank_(Rocket)
Type of artillery missile
Congreve rocket was a type of rocket artillery designed by British inventor Sir William Congreve in 1808. The design was based upon the rockets deployed
Congreve_rocket
1948 short story by Ray Bradbury
it is 1926. Crew members soon discover old friends and deceased relatives in the town. Those who had been ordered to stay behind and guard the rocket abandon
Mars_Is_Heaven!
German Army artillery officer
Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR)'s leased Raketenflugplatz (English: "Rocket Flight Field") and subsequently issued a contract for a demonstration launch. On
Walter_Dornberger
Steam locomotive by Robert Stephenson in 1829
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester
Stephenson's_Rocket
1960 fatal Soviet launch pad disaster
varied. The accident is commonly described as the deadliest launch accident associated with rocket or spaceflight activity, although the R-16 was being tested
Nedelin_catastrophe
Chinese rocket
Soviet R-2. The rocket is entirely fuelled by the hypergolic mixture of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine and dinitrogen tetroxide. The first stage is powered
Long_March_2F
Country (1959) A Medicine for Melancholy (U.S.) / The Day It Rained Forever (U.K.) (1962) The Small Assassin (1962) R is for Rocket (1964) The Machineries
Ray_Bradbury_bibliography
Partially-reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle by Relativity Space
announced that the rocket was no longer going to be further developed and focus would move to Terran R. The new version of the rocket will have a maximum
Terran_R
Rocket range in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
(secondary coordinates) Kapustin Yar (Russian: Капустин Яр) is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east
Kapustin_Yar
Multi-volume edition of Bradbury's stories
(1943, published 1944) "King of the Gray Spaces" ("R Is for Rocket") (1943) "The Scythe" (1943) "I, Rocket" (1943, published 1944) "Undersea Guardians" (1943
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury
The_Collected_Stories_of_Ray_Bradbury
1980 anthology containing 100 short stories by Ray Bradbury
Picnic", 1946 "The Fox and the Forest", 1950 "Kaleidoscope", 1949 "The Rocket Man", 1951 "Marionettes, Inc.", 1949 "No Particular Night or Morning", 1951
The_Stories_of_Ray_Bradbury
Russian medium-lift launch rocket
GRAU index: 14A14) is a series of Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicles and the seventh major iteration of the Soyuz rocket family. Compared to
Soyuz-2
Russian rocket engine
romanized: Raketnyy Dvigatel-107, lit. 'Rocket Engine 107') and its sibling, the RD-108, are a type of rocket engine used on the R-7 rocket family. RD-107 engines are
RD-107
Second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit (1957)
requisitioned a payload container used for these missions and had it installed in the upper stage of its R-7 launching rocket directly beneath the PS-2 sphere
Sputnik_2
Russian spacecraft manufacturer
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation "Energia" (Russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация «Энергия» им. С. П. Королёва, romanized: Raketno-kosmicheskaya
Energia_(corporation)
Argentine sounding rocket
both test and scientific missions. Rigel sounding rocket Rigel R-09 sounding rocket Rigel sounding rocket Rigel was launched from CELPA between 1967 and
Rigel_(rocket)
1949 short story by Ray Bradbury
colony's past and origin (namely, Earth) is symbolized by the rocket he works on. The abandonment of the rocket then symbolizes letting go of the past and
Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed
Dark_They_Were,_and_Golden-Eyed
Nuclear spacecraft propulsion technology
rocket (NTR) is a type of thermal rocket where the heat from a nuclear reaction replaces the chemical energy of the propellants in a chemical rocket.
Nuclear_thermal_rocket
Frazetta, himself an EC alumnus, is original to this collection. Foreword "Punishment Without Crime" (Kamen) "I, Rocket" (Williamson) "King of the Gray
Tomorrow_Midnight
Rocket driven by nuclear fusion power
A fusion rocket is a theoretical design for a rocket driven by fusion propulsion, which could provide efficient and sustained acceleration in space without
Fusion_rocket
Type of spacecraft
rocket means any spacecraft that travels close enough to light speed for relativistic effects to become significant. The meaning of "significant" is a
Relativistic_rocket
Soviet/Russian multiple launch rocket system
Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] ) is a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these
Katyusha_rocket_launcher
Liquid form of rocket propellants
The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants (liquid-propellant rockets). They can consist of a single chemical (a monopropellant)
Liquid_rocket_propellant
SpaceX family of liquid-fuel rocket engines
Raptor is a family of rocket engines developed and manufactured by SpaceX. It is the third rocket engine in history designed with a full-flow staged combustion
SpaceX_Raptor
Soviet ICBM
Semyorka. It was the only member of the R-7 family of rockets to be deployed as an operational missile. The R-7A first flew on 23 December 1959, entered
R-7A_Semyorka
Russian aerospace company
РКЦ Прогресс), is a Russian joint-stock company under Roscosmos. It is responsible for building and operating the Soyuz family of rockets, which serve as
Progress_Rocket_Space_Centre
Comic book series by the Hernández brothers
Love and Rockets (often abbreviated L&R) is a long-running comic book series by the Hernández brothers: Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario. The series is published
Love_and_Rockets_(comics)
One of the physical forms of elemental oxygen
as LOX or LOXygen, is a clear, pale cyan liquid form of dioxygen O2. It was used as the oxidizer in the first liquid-fueled rocket invented in 1926 by
Liquid_oxygen
American physicist and inventor (1882–1945)
efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket and innovation. He and his team launched 34 rockets between 1926 and 1941, achieving
Robert_H._Goddard
Nazi ballistic missile series
The rocket was stabilized by a 40 kg (88 lb) 3 axes gyroscope system in the nose, supplied by Kreiselgeräte GmbH. The rocket could not be rotated for stability
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Female
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Hagne, AIGNÉIS means "chaste; holy."
Female
Norse
Old Norse name ÞRÚÃR means "strength." In mythology, this is the name of a daughter of Þórr.
Female
Norse
Variant form of Old Norse SigfrÃðr, SIGRÃÃR means "beautiful victory."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þórr, ÞÓR means "thunder."Â
Female
Irish
Irish form of English Rose, RÓIS means "rose."
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Polish Kazimierz, KÃZMÉR means "commands peace."
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Old Norse Ãsgeirr, OSZKÃR means "god-spear."
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Baltasar, BOLDIZSÃR means "Ba'al protect the king."
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian name derived from the word tündér, TÜNDÉR means "fairy."
Female
Norse
Old Norse name AUÃR means "deeply rich."
Female
Irish
Irish and Scottish Gaelic name MÓR means "great."
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of Greek Georgios, SIÔR means "earth-worker, farmer."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Hallþórr, HALLDÓR means "Thor's rock."
Male
French
French form of German Luitger, LEGÉR means "people-spear."
Female
Norse
Old Norse name derived from the word frÃðr, FRÃÃR means "peace."
Surname or Lastname
Hungarian (Sugár)
Hungarian (Sugár) : nickname for a well-built person, from sugár ‘tall’, ‘slim’.Translation of German and Jewish Zucker ‘sugar’.English : nickname from the vocabulary word sugar as a term of affection, or possibly an occupational name for a confectioner or dealer in sugar, although there is no evidence for this in English sources.
Male
Norse
Variant form of Old Norse Sigvarðr, SIGURÃR means "victory guard."Â
Female
Norse
Variant form of Old Norse ÞorrÃðr, ÞURÃÃR means "Þórr's beauty."
Female
Norse
Old Norse name probably derived from the word garðr, GERÃR means "enclosure, stronghold." In mythology, this is the name of a frost giantess and wife of Freyr.
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Latin Berengarius, BERENGÃR means "bear-spear."
R IS-FOR-ROCKET
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Boy/Male
Tamil
Simple, Loyal, Decent, Peaceful
Female
Greek
(Ἀγαυή) Greek name derived from the word agauos, AGAUE means "illustrious; noble." In Greek mythology, this is the name of one of the four daughters of Kadmos, king of Theben in Boiotia, and his wife Harmonia.Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Tamil
Blessings
Boy/Male
Arabic Muslim
Handsome.
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, French, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Saved; Rescued; Close Friend; Survivor; Safe
Biblical
witnessing; robbing; passing over
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Wander.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Consuming the Earth; A Son of Bali
Girl/Female
Tamil
Utpalabha | உதà¯à®ªà®²à®¾à®ªà®¾
Lotus like
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Janine, JANNINE means "God is gracious."
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v. i.
The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.
prep.
Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; -- generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc.
n.
The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).
prep.
Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; /ntending to go to.
prep.
Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; -- opposed to against.
conj.
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.
prep.
Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done.
a.
Loving music. [R.]Busby.
prep.
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
prep.
Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
prep.
Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
prep.
In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.
prep.
Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
v. r.
To breathe up or out; to exhale.
n.
One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; -- the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it.