Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forfend
Participle: forfended
Gerund: forfending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | forfend |
| you | forfend |
| he;she;it | forfends |
| we | forfend |
| you | forfend |
| they | forfend |
Perfect
| I | have forfended |
| you | have forfended |
| he;she;it | has forfended |
| we | have forfended |
| you | have forfended |
| they | have forfended |
Past
| I | forfended |
| you | forfended |
| he;she;it | forfended |
| we | forfended |
| you | forfended |
| they | forfended |
Pluperfect
| I | had forfended |
| you | had forfended |
| he;she;it | had forfended |
| we | had forfended |
| you | had forfended |
| they | had forfended |
Future
| I | will forfend |
| you | will forfend |
| he;she;it | will forfend |
| we | will forfend |
| you | will forfend |
| they | will forfend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forfended |
| you | will have forfended |
| he;she;it | will have forfended |
| we | will have forfended |
| you | will have forfended |
| they | will have forfended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forfend |
| you | forfend |
| he;she;it | forfend |
| we | forfend |
| you | forfend |
| they | forfend |
Perfect
| I | have forfended |
| you | have forfended |
| he;she;it | have forfended |
| we | have forfended |
| you | have forfended |
| they | have forfended |
Imperfect
| I | forfended |
| you | forfended |
| he;she;it | forfended |
| we | forfended |
| you | forfended |
| they | forfended |
Pluperfect
| I | had forfended |
| you | had forfended |
| he;she;it | had forfended |
| we | had forfended |
| you | had forfended |
| they | had forfended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forfend |
| you | would forfend |
| he;she;it | would forfend |
| we | would forfend |
| you | would forfend |
| they | would forfend |
Perfect
| I | would have forfended |
| you | would have forfended |
| he;she;it | would have forfended |
| we | would have forfended |
| you | would have forfended |
| they | would have forfended |
Imperative
| you | forfend |
| we | Let's forfend |
| you | forfend |
Verbs conjugated like 'forfend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'forfend'
forefend,
forhend,
forlend,
forehend,
forelend,
foresend,
forewend,
forfeit,
forfete,
forlead,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
- prohibit
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, "to protect, prohibit," a hybrid from for- + fend, from L. defendere "to ward off."
2. From Middle English forfenden (“to ward off, protect, prohibit”), equivalent to for- + fend.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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2008, Lew, short circuit operators, [email protected]
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What? Multi-posting? Usenet Gods forfend!
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People have long given thought to the causes of danger and how they might be forfended. [2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, page 271:]