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Thesaurus: forfend

To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

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  1. v. t. To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
  2. v. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
  3. v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening