- a variation of forfend.
forefend
Britishverb
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Heaven forefend Amazon would use robots to make chores less laborious, as it has for warehouse work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Heaven forefend, this might have pushed them to work longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Strength to forefend us against they delusion ability to see that the meaning governs the term, and not the term the meaning—are species of intellectual self-defence.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake
Now God forefend, the merchant said, That you should seek so far amiss!
From The Book of Brave Old Ballads by Sir John Gilbert
Oh, Charinus, By my imprudence, unless Heav’n forefend, I’ve ruin’d both myself and you.
From The Comedies of Terence by George Colman
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