forfendyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[forfend 词源字典]
forfend: see defend
[forfend etymology, forfend origin, 英语词源]
forfend (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also forefend, late 14c., "to protect; to prohibit; to avert, fend off, prevent," a hybrid from for- + fend "to ward off." Archaic, if not obsolete.