forfend
pronunciation
How to pronounce forfend in British English:
UK [fɔ:ˈfend]
How to pronounce forfend in American English:
US [fɔrˈfend]
Word Origin
- forfend
- forfend: see defend
- forfend (v.)
- also forefend, late 14c., "to protect; to prohibit; to avert, fend off, prevent," a hybrid from for- + fend "to ward off." Archaic, if not obsolete.
Example
- 1. As for nationalisation , heaven forfend .
- 2. No , heaven forfend ! I would not kill thy soul .
- 3. May god forfend such an unhappy fate !
- 4. It is the duty of the courts also to forfend the rights of citizens .
- 5. The more hair-shirt sort of environmentalism emphasises the idea of moving away from fossil-fuel use ( though not , heaven forfend , towards nuclear power ) .