forfend
verbNAmE//fɔrˈfend//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they forfend he / she / it forfends
past simple forfended
-ing form forfending
used to say that you are frightened of the idea of something happening Heaven forbid that students are encouraged to think!
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