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for·fend
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fɔrˈfɛnd
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verb (used with object)
1.
to defend, secure, or protect.
2.
to fend off, avert, or prevent.
3.
Archaic
.
forbid.
Also,
forefend.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
forfenden.
See
for-
,
fend
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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forfend
or
forefend
(fɔːˈfɛnd)
—
vb
1.
(
US
) to protect or secure
2.
obsolete
to prohibit or prevent
forefend
or
forefend
—
vb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
forfend
late 14c., "to protect, prohibit," a hybrid from for- + fend, from L. defendere "to ward off."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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