verb
- present participle of forfend: to prevent or ward off (something undesirable)
Usage: archaic; formal
Examples
- Heaven forfending such a tragedy from befalling our family.
- The old priest spent his days forfending evil from the village.
- She was forfending disaster through careful planning.
- God forfending that we should ever face such hardship again.
- The ritual was meant for forfending misfortune from the harvest.