Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forefend"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history.
--Landor.
It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the
cruelty. --I. Taylor.
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