'Forefend' definitions:
Definition of 'forefend'
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Definition of 'Forefend'
From: GCIDE
- Forefend \Fore*fend"\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the cruelty. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]