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forfends

forfends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forfend.

Meaning of forfend

Verb

forfend (third-person singular simple present forfends, present participle forfending, simple past and past participle forfended)

  1. (archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
    • Clown: … You would know where Lord Anthonie is? I perceiue you. Shall I ſay he is in yond farme houſe? I deceiue you. Shall I tell you this wine is for him? the gods forfend, and ſo I end. Go fellow fighters theres a bob for ye.1594, Thomas Lodge, The Wounds of Civil War, act 4, scene 1, page 54

Questions about forfends

What is forfends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Forfends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of forfend.

Words near forfends in the dictionary

  1. forfeiture funds
  2. forfeitures
  3. forfend
  4. forfended
  5. forfending
  6. forfends
  7. forfex
  8. forficate
  9. forfices
  10. forficiform
  11. forficulate

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