forfend
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/fɔːˈfɛnd/
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/fɔːˈfɛnd/ · /fə-/ · /fɔɹˈfɛnd/
Definition of forfend
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(archaic)To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
“Clown: … You would know where Lord Anthonie is? I perceiue you. Shall I ſay he is in yond farme houſe? I deceiue you. Shall I tell you this wine is for him? the gods forfend, and ſo I end. Go fellow fighters theres a bob for ye.”
“2008, Lew, short circuit operators, [email protected] What? Multi-posting? Usenet Gods forfend!”
“People have long given thought to the causes of danger and how they might be forfended.”
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Etymology
From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fend.
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