Forfend Definition

fôrfend
forefended, forefending, forefends, forfends
verb
forfends
To ward off; prevent.
Webster's New World
To forbid.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Forfend

  • Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”). More at for- +‎ fend.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English forfenden for- for- fenden to ward off fend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

FFOFOR

Words Ending With

DNDEND

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forfend

Words Starting With F and Ending With D

Starts With F & Ends With DStarts With FO & Ends With DStarts With F & Ends With ND

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With F7 Letter Words Ending With D