| 单词 | god forfend |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGod (etc.) forfend a. To avert, keep away or off, prevent; esp. in deprecatory phrase God (etc.) forfend; often with sentence as object; also absol. as an exclamation. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > obviate > prevent the occurrence of or avert werec925 withsitc1300 shun1338 to turn awaya1382 forfend1382 declinec1430 stopa1538 divert1548 refract1563 withturn1563 antevert1583 avert1586 pervert1594 deprive1627 averruncate1663 stave1664 to stop off1891 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [phrase] > God forbid God, Heaven, the Lord forbid?c1225 God's forbode1377 God (etc.) forfend1530 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xxiv. 25 The veniaunce is forfendyd fro Yrael. 1530 Ordin. in S. Young Ann. Barber-surgeons London (1890) 583 As God fforfende. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lvii. 120 There stood in the water..a great number, alwaies forfending our landing. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vi. 65 Now heauen forfend, the holy Maid with child? View more context for this quotation 1640 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) xcix. §984 They joine themselves in company with the godly..as guardians to forfend..mischiefes. 1732 H. Fielding Covent-Garden Trag. i. iii. 4 Behold thee carted—oh! forefend that Sight. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. ii. iii. 131 ‘The fiend forfend,’ said the grim Earl. 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 226 May we not forfend the successes of our rivals by adopting their principles. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 161 Gods forefend this menace. < as lemmas |
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