Forefend

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forefend \Fore*fend"\, v. t. [OE. forfenden; pref. for- + fenden
     to fend. See {Fend}, v. t.]
     To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of;
     to forbid or prohibit. See {Forfend}.
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           God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history.
                                                    --Landor.
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           It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the
           cruelty.                                 --I. Taylor.
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