11 January 2016

forfend

[fawr-fend]

verb (used with object)

1. to defend, secure, or protect.
2. to fend off, avert, or prevent.
3. Archaic. forbid.

Also, forefend.

Origin of forfend
Middle English
1350-1400; Middle English forfenden. See for-, fend

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Examples from the Web for forfend

Historical Examples

Of all travelling companionship, forfend us from that of a married man!
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 (Volume XXVI)
Various

Is it not rather the blind brute instinct of self-protection, forfend what may?
Canada: the Empire of the North
Agnes C. Laut

forfend me from a man who weighs every expression with Scotch prudence.
The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II)
Charles Darwin

Anagram

nerd off

Today’s quote

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

– Charles Darwin

On this day

11 January 1986 – Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge opens.

11 January 2008 – death of Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. Hillary and sherpa Tbeenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mt Everest. Born 20 July 1919.

11 January 2011 – flood-waters from the Lockyer Valley reach the Brisbane River catchment, causing the river to break its banks, flooding the CBD and other river-side suburbs, including New Farm, Fortitude Valley, West End, St Lucia, Rocklea and Graceville, inundating 20,000 homes. The Brisbane River peaked on 13 January 2013 at a height of 4.46m. The city of Ipswich was also inundated, with the Bremer River peaking on 12 January 2011. The worst affected areas included Goodna and Gailes. There were reports of bull sharks in the city centre of Goodna. A total of 35 people died as a result of the flooding in Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley, Brisbane and Ipswich.