forefend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: forefend	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forefend v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" Synonym(s): debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forefend \Forefend"\, v. t. [OE. forfenden; pref. for- + fenden to fend. See {Fend}, v. 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.