\Fore*fend"\, v. t. [OE. forfenden; pref. for- + fenden
to fend. See {Fend}, v. t.]
To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of;
to forbid or prohibit. See {Forfend}.
      God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history.
                                               --Landor.
      It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the
      cruelty.                                 --I. Taylor.