In phr. for the ~: (a) for the particular occasion or purpose, expressly; suitably; for the ~ al; al for the ~; (b) for the moment, temporarily; for a while; (c) as intensifying adv.: very, indeed; (d) as exclamation or metrical tag without special meaning. [It is often difficult to distinguish these senses, one from another.]

In phrases: (a) with the ~ (that, on the condition that; (b) in the ~, ?on that occasion, ?at that moment [perhaps merely a metrical filler without special meaning].