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Dictionary: for·fend  fore·fend (fôr-fĕnd', fōr-) pronunciation
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also tr.v., -fend·ed, also -fend·ed, -fend·ing, -fend·ing, -fends, -fends.
    1. To keep or ward off; avert.
    2. Archaic. To forbid.
  2. To defend or protect.

[Middle English forfenden : for-, for- + fenden, to ward off; see fend.]


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    To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action: avert, forestall, obviate, preclude, prevent, rule out, stave off, ward (off). Idioms: nip in the bud. See allow/prevent.

 
 
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