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Definition of Forfending
1. forfend [v] - See also: forfend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forfending
Literary usage of Forfending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United States of America, Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1913)
"... limiting national exertions, first to making good the slave-trade prohibition,
and next to forfending slavery from the soil of our virgin territories; ..."
2. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"... is not sufficient; there must be that prolonged studying of the case that
offers the best chance of forfending the growth of delinquent tendencies. ..."
3. History of the Jesuits: From the Foundation of Their Society to Its by Andrew Steinmetz (1848)
"... means of forfending its own destruction, the other party, or the Catholics
had to thank that execrable Spanish faction of the Jesuits for their piteous ..."
4. Eighty Years of Union: Being a Short History of the United States, 1783-1865 by James Schouler (1903)
"... limiting national exertions, first to making good the slave-trade prohibition,
and next to forfending slavery from the soil of our virgin territories; ..."
5. Literature of South Dakota: O. W. Coursey by Oscar William Coursey (1916)
"... Thou who hast kept a continent for our dominion free, And builded walls of
patriot hearts forfending either sea ..."
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