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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;
ME
forfenden.
See
for-
,
fend
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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forfend
for·fend also fore·fend
(fôr-fěnd', fōr-)
tr.v.
for·fend·ed
also
fore·fend·ed
,
for·fend·ing
also
fore·fend·ing
,
for·fends
also
fore·fends
To keep or ward off; avert.
Archaic
To forbid.
To defend or protect.
[Middle English
forfenden
:
for-
,
for-
+
fenden
,
to ward off
; see
fend
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
forfend
1382, "to protect, prohibit," a hybrid from
for-
+
fend,
from L.
defendere
"to ward off."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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