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"ref": "1594, Thomas Lodge, The Wounds of Civil War, act 4, scene 1, page 54",
"text": "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.",
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"text": "2008, Lew, short circuit operators, zbadnYZNaK6VM1zanZ2dnUVZ_r7inZ2d@comcast.com\nWhat? Multi-posting? Usenet Gods forfend!"
},
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"ref": "2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, page 271",
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"roman": "predotvratjavam",
"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "предотвратявам"
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"ref": "1594, Thomas Lodge, The Wounds of Civil War, act 4, scene 1, page 54",
"text": "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.",
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"text": "2008, Lew, short circuit operators, zbadnYZNaK6VM1zanZ2dnUVZ_r7inZ2d@comcast.com\nWhat? Multi-posting? Usenet Gods forfend!"
},
{
"ref": "2018, Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, page 271",
"text": "People have long given thought to the causes of danger and how they might be forfended.",
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"To prohibit; to forbid; to avert."
],
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"prohibit",
"prohibit"
],
[
"forbid",
"forbid"
],
[
"avert",
"avert"
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"(archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
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}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "предотвратявам"
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"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "bewaren"
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"word": "behoeden"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "verbieten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "verhindern"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "uniemożliwiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
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"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "förbjuda"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "avvärja"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "prohibit; forbid; avert",
"word": "beskydda"
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"word": "forfend"
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