Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

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    verbieten, verhindern

More definitions
  • prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

Examples

2 sentences

  1. That would be disastrous. Heaven forfend!

    Це була б катастрофа. Боронь Боже! — shanghainese

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  2. Heaven forfend that anyone refer to Sir Tom Jackson QC as a mere lawyer.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
prohibit; forbid; avert:

Origin

From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fen

From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fend.

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Forms

forfends, forfending, forfended, forfended
Base formforfend · to forfend
3rd person singularforfends
Present participleforfending
Past simpleforfended
Past participleforfended

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforfend
he, she, itforfends

Past simpleLesson

all personsforfended

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave forfended
he, she, ithas forfended

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forfend

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forfeitC1forfeitureC2forgeforgeryforgetA1
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