forfendとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /fɔːˈfɛnd/, /fə-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɔɹˈfɛnd/
• 韻: -ɛnd
• ハイフネーション: for‧fend

動詞

forfend (三人称単数 現在形 forfends, 現在分詞 forfending, 過去形および過去分詞形 forfended)

1. (archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
   • 1594, Thomas Lodge, The Wounds of Civil War, act 4, scene 1, page 54:

     Clown: … You would know where Lord Anthonie is? I perceiue you. Shall I ſay he is in yond farme houſe? I deceiue you. Shall I tell you this wine is for him? the gods forfend, and ſo I end. Go fellow fighters theres a bob for ye.

   • 2008, Lew, short circuit operators, [email protected]

     What? Multi-posting? Usenet Gods forfend!

   • 2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, page 271:

     People have long given thought to the causes of danger and how they might be forfended.

使用する際の注意点

• Common usage of this word is predominantly confined to set expressions such as heaven forfend.

派生語

• God forfend

アナグラム

• nroffed