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Webster 1913 Edition

Forefend

Fore-fend′

,
Verb.
T.
[OE.
forfenden
; pref.
for-
+
fenden
to fend. See
Fend
,
Verb.
T.
]
To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See
Forfend
.
God
forefend
it should ever be recorded in our history.
Landor.
It would be a far better work . . . to
forefend
the cruelty.
I. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Forefend

FOREFEND'

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent approach; to forbid or prohibit.
2.
To defend; to guard; to secure.
This word, like the L. arceo, is applied to the thing assailing, and to the thing assailed. To drive back or resist that which assails, is to hinder its approach, to forbid or avert, and this act defends the thing threatened or assailed.

Definition 2024

forefend

forefend

English

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forefend ‎(third-person singular simple present forefends, present participle forefending, simple past and past participle forefended)

  1. Alternative spelling of forfend

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