Forbid vs. Forfend
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Difference Between Forbid and Forfend
Forbidverb
(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.
Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.Forfendverb
(dated) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
Forbidverb
(transitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
Forbidverb
(transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.Forbidverb
To accurse; to blast.
Forbidverb
To defy; to challenge.
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Forbidverb
command against;
I forbid you to call me late at nightMother vetoed the trip to the chocolate storeForbidverb
keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;
My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
