(gaming) With an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives. / (idiomatic, by extension) With a strong competitive resolve to win or succeed, as in sports or business.

(archaic) To answer for; to pay the account for. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, for.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, for. / (transitive, intransitive) To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something. / (transitive) To guarantee.

With a substantial number of men capable of exerting force or of making a show of force. / With a substantial display of resources. / (law, insurance) In effect; applicable.

(transitive) To speak or act in support or defense of (a person, a cause, a belief, or the like).

(idiomatic) May heaven forbid it; expresses the desire that something does not happen.

The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).

(idiomatic) To mean; to symbolize; to represent / To advocate, to support / To tolerate

Alternative spelling of life force

The hypothetical principle that animates all living organisms. / An impulse or influence that gives something life or vitality.