forfend
Use Forfend in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to defend, secure, or protect.
2.
to fend off, avert, or prevent.
3.
Archaic. forbid.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (US) to protect or secure |
| 2. | obsolete to prohibit or prevent |
| forefend or forefend | |
| —vb | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
forfend
late 14c., "to protect, prohibit," a hybrid from for- + fend, from L. defendere "to ward off."
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Example sentences
Bureaucrats, heaven forfend, are being made redundant.
Heaven forfend that art should challenge people with its intense emotions or with thoughts they don't already think.
To forfend such a motion, the court allowed the plaintiffs sixty days in which to file an amended complaint.
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