Forbid vs. Forfend: What's the Difference?

To command (someone) not to do something

To keep or ward off; avert.

To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit

(Archaic)To forbid.

To have the effect of preventing; preclude

(archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

(transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.

To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

(ditransitive) To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.

(transitive) To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.

To accurse; to blast.

To defy; to challenge.

To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict.

To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter.

To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

To accurse; to blast.

To defy; to challenge.

To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.

Command against;

Keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing;