Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forfend"
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.
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