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forfend

verb
/fɔːˈfɛnd/UK/fɔɹˈfɛnd/US

Etymology

From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fend.

  1. inherited from forfenden

Definitions

  1. To prohibit

    To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

    • Clown: … You would know where Lord Anthonie is? I perceiue you. Shall I ſay he is in yond farme houſe? I deceiue you. Shall I tell you this wine is for him? the gods forfend, and ſo I end. Go fellow fighters theres a bob for ye.
    • 2008, Lew, short circuit operators, zbadnYZNaK6VM1zanZ2dnUVZ_r7inZ2d@comcast.com What? Multi-posting? Usenet Gods forfend!
    • People have long given thought to the causes of danger and how they might be forfended.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA