Forfend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Forfend	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forfend 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]:
Forfend \For*fend"\, v. t. [Pref. for- + fend. See {Forewend}.] To prohibit; to forbid; to avert. [Archaic] Which peril heaven forefend! --Shak. Note: This is etymologically the preferable spelling.