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forfend, forefend, v.|fəˈfɛnd, fɔəˈfɛnd|
[f. for- prefix1 (see sense 2) + fend v.]
†1. trans. To forbid, prohibit. With the thing forbidden as object, or with personal object and an inf. with to as second object. Obs.
1382Wyclif 2 Kings xii. 8 And the prestis ben forfendid to eny more takyn monee of the puple. c1400Apol. Loll. 70 Þe wedding of prestis, or of cosynis in þe þrid or ferd degre, is not forfendid bi þe autorite of þe oolde lawe. 1493Dives & Paup. (Pynson) i. i. B j b, Gregory..prised him for..he forfendyd them to worshyp ymages. 1530Palsgr. 555/2 Naye, I forfende that, for that is no playe. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark i. 10 That law forfended to were any clothing of linsaye wolsaye. 1635E. Pagitt Christianogr., Relig. Britans 29 Anselme..forefended Priests to have Wives. 1660Stillingfl. Iren. ii. viii. (1662) 390 Whether it be forefended by Goddes Law. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 86 This ingenious veterinarian forefends the practice of mixing clay in the stuffing.
2. To avert, keep away or off, prevent; esp. in deprecatory phr. God (etc.) forfend; often with sentence as object; also absol. as an exclamation. arch.
1382Wyclif 2 Sam. xxiv. 25 The veniaunce is forfendyd fro Yrael. 1530Sir T. More Ordin. in Ann. Barber-Surgeons Lond. (1890) 583 As God forfende. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. lvii. 120 There stood in the water..a great number, alwaies forfending our landing. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, v. iv. 65 Now heauen forfend, the holy Maid with child? 1639Horn & Rob. Gate Lang. Unl. xcix. §984 They joyn themselves in company with the godly..as guardians to forefend mischiefes. 1732Fielding Covent Gard. i. iii, Behold thee carted—oh! forefend the sight. 1848Lytton Harold ii. iii, ‘The fiend forfend’ said the grim Earl. 1859I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 226 May we not forfend the successes of our rivals by adopting their principles. 1887Bowen Virg. æneid iii. 265 Gods forefend this menace.
†b. To check, refrain, withhold. Obs.
1382Wyclif Gen. viii. 2 And the watris ben lessid..and reynes fro hevene ben forfendid. ― Prov. i. 15 Forfende thi foot fro the sties of hem.
3. To secure or protect by precautionary measures. Now chiefly U.S.
1592Wilmot Tancred & Gismunda Pref. iii, Gismond..doth humbly pray, Heauens to forefend your loues from like decay. 1875Holyoake Co-op. Eng. I. 250 Some men by..energy, and enterprise are able to forfend themselves against suffering. 1887in Amer. Missionary Oct. 283 This is forefended by the fact that [etc.]. 1892Nation (N.Y.) 28 Apr. 327/2 ‘The sacrifice of the Mississippi’..was forefended against even the treason of Wilkinson.
Hence forˈfended ppl. a.; foreˈfending vbl. n.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 223 Adam and Eve syneden..by etyng of þe forfendid appul. c1440Promp. Parv. 170/1 Forbedynge..or forefendynge..prohibicio. 1605Shakes. Lear v. i. 11 Haue you neuer found my Brothers way, To the fore-fended place? |